PODA PITHA (URAD DAL CAKE)

Ingredients :
Urad dal broken (Biri dali) 1 cup
Rice (Chaul) 2 cups
Bay leaves (Tejpatar) 3-4
Coconut chopped (nadia ) 50 gms
Mixed nuts 50 gms
Sugar (Chini) 2 tbsps
Salt (Luna) ½ tsp
Baking powder ½ tsp
Ghee 1 tbsp

Method :
Soak urad dal and rice in water for 5-6 hours. Grind it with water to make a fine batter. Add sugar, salt and baking powder and leave it to rest for 3-4 hours. Grease a microwave safe dish with ghee. Add bay leaves to the batter and mix well. Pour the batter onto the greased dish and sprinkle nuts and coconut on the top. Microwave it for 6 minutes or till done. When you insert a knife into the cake and it comes out clean, you can know that it’s done. Savour this as a breakfast or snack. This is healthy, quick to make and quite yummy.
PN : You can also bake this cake in an oven.

Contributed by : Mrs Meena Panda, Kolkata , West Bengal, India