Arisa Pitha is a sweet pancake from Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India. It is one of the Chapana Bhoga of Jagannath temple

Jagannath Temple

-India:*Jagannath Temple, Puri, Orissa, India*Jagannath Temple, Koraput, Orissa, India*Jagannath Temple, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa, India*Jagannath Temple, Nayagarh, Orissa, India*Jagannath Temple, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India*Jagannath Temple, Delhi, India...

, Puri

Puri

Puri is district headquarter, a city situated about south of state capital Bhubaneswar, on the eastern coast of the Bay of Bengal in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the Jagannath Temple . It is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages...

Ingredients

• 1 cup of rice
• 1/2 kg of Jaggery
• 1 tsp of Cinnamon (powdered)
• 200 gm of Vegetable Oil or Ghee
• ½ tsp of Salt
• sesamum seeds

Preparation

Arisa Pitha is prepared by makingng a thick Jantani (semi solid mixture) out of rice flour and sugar or Guda

Jaggery

Jaggery is a traditional unrefined non-centrifugal whole cane sugar consumed in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. It is a concentrated product of cane juice without separation of the molasses and crystals, and can vary from golden brown to dark brown in color...

 which is then made into small semi-flat round shapes and fried in ghee

Ghee

Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in South Asia and is commonly used in South Asian cuisine....

 or oil till golden brown.

Boil 2 ltrs water in a wide mouth pan, add sugar,salt, cinnamon powder and 1 tbsp ghee. Pour semolina slowly and stir continuously, cover the pan and reduce the flame. Cook till it absorbs the water completely (to the consistency of chappati). Let it cool. Knead it properly to make a smooth dough. Heat a pan, add coconut and sugar, fry till the coconut turns golden brown. Make small balls of semolina dough, roll it and stuff it with the fried coconut,sesamum seeds. Deep fry till golden brown.

See also

• Kakara Pitha
  Kakara pitha
  A very sweet deep fried cake from Orissa offered to God and served hot or cold on many festivals.-Ingredients:Atta – 300 gmChinni -250 gmNadia – ½ a CoconutGujurati – 4 pcsChhena-100 gm...
  
  
• Rasagolla
• Chhena Poda
• Kheersagar
  Kheersagar
  Kheersagar is a popular Oriya sweet dish that literally translates to Oceans of Milk in the Oriya language. The dish is very popular in coastal Orissa.-Preparation:...
  
  
• Chhena Jalebi
  Chhena jalebi
  Chhena jalebi is a sweet dish originally from coastal Orissa in eastern India, a state known for desserts made of chhena. Its popularity has spread beyond coastal Orissa.-Preparation:...
  
  
• Chhena Kheeri
  Chhena Kheeri
  Chhena Kheeri is a sweet dish originally from coastal Orissa in eastern India, a state known for desserts made of chhena. The popularity of this dish is spreading to other parts of Orissa, as well as neighboring states.-Preparation:...