Mahua Pitha
Sweet rice cake made with mahua flowers and jaggery. Sacred tribal festive sweet from Mayurbhanj.
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Ingredients
- Banana Leaf — 30 g
- salt — 1 g
- Water — 300 g
- Mahua Flower — 100 g
- Jaggery — 120 g
- Rice Flour — 250 g
Method
- Clean dried mahua flowers and soak in water for 1 hour.
- Boil the flowers in the soaking water till soft.
- Mash the flowers and stir in jaggery till it melts.
- Add rice flour and salt. Mix into a thick soft dough.
- Spread portions on leaf pieces and fold them closed.
- Steam for 25 minutes till firm.
- Cool slightly and unwrap before serving.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Mahua Pitha?
- 281 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 40 min — 20 min prep, 20 min cooking.
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