How to Royal Perfect Chitau Pitha

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Chitau Pitha. This Pitha makes its appearance in the Odia homes on the occasion of Chitalagi Amabasya, also known as Chitau Amabasya. Basic ingredients are rice and coconut. Tastes nice if served with chutney or khir (khiri).

It is a variety of rice pancake which is made during chitalagi amabasya or sravan amavasya.

I've tried to make chitou pitha but it's always breaking from middle.

Can you please let me know why my chitou is breaking and is there any specific rice to make chitou pitha or not.

You can cook Chitau Pitha using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chitau Pitha

  1. You need 500 gm of Rice.

  2. You need 1 of Grated Coconut.

  3. It’s 1/2 tsp of Baking Soda.

  4. You need to taste of Salt.

On how the traditional process of making Chitau Pitha has transformed, Sudha Mishra, a teacher says, "We are living in an era where 'quick' is the new definition of life.

Earlier we used to cook chitau pitha only on wood fire chulha and that too in earthen pots like 'palama' but today we are used to different other utensils.

Then thereafter open the lead and take out delicious and crispy chitau pitha.

And prepare pithas from rest of the batter.

Chitau Pitha step by step

  1. Soak the rice for about 4-5 hours..

  2. Grind together soaked rice, grated coconut, and slight water. Make it into a smooth paste..

  3. Then add baking soda and salt to the batter and mix it properly. Keep the batter till it fermentation process..

  4. Heat a pan and add a scoop full batter in the centre. Holding the handle of pan start rotating so that batter will spread little..

  5. Cover the lid of the pan and let it cook for about a minutes in low flame. No need to flip the pitha..

  6. Serve the Pitha along with chutney or jaggery..

Finally serve this Chitau Pitha any decorated plate or bowl.

Blend the rice and coconut pieces together and make a very fine paste.

Method: Wash the rice & urad dal properly, drain all the water and add grated coconut to it.

Another popular recipe of my state-usually made for snacks orbreakfast and during Manabasa gurubar and chita lagi amabasya festivals.

You can eat chitau pitha with any kind of curry that you might like.