https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Manda_pitha
Manda pitha - Revision history
2026-07-30T02:14:32Z
Revision history for this page on the wiki
MediaWiki 1.45.4
https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Manda_pitha&diff=232925&oldid=prev
->Lancepark at 23:12, 27 June 2021
2021-06-27T23:12:07Z
<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{no footnotes|date=March 2013}}<br />
{{Infobox prepared food<br />
| name = Kancha Manda pitha<br />
| image = SIJHA MANDA.jpg<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| caption = Sijha manda pitha<br />
| alternate_name = <br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| region = [[Odisha]]<br />
| creator = <br />
| course = <br />
| type = [[Pitha]]<br />
| served = <br />
| main_ingredient = [[Rice flour]], [[coconut]], [[jaggery]], [[black pepper]], [[chhena]]<br />
| variations = <br />
| calories = <br />
| other = <br />
}}<br />
'''Manda pitha''' ({{lang-or|ମଣ୍ଡା ପିଠା}}) is a steamed [[pitha]] which is prepared in [[Odisha, India]] during festivals falling on [[monsoon]] and post-monsoon seasons like [[Manabasa Gurubara]], [[Durga Puja]], [[Kumar Purnima]] or [[Rakhi Purnima]]. The pitha resembles [[modak]] of [[Maharashtra]] and [[Kozhakkattai]] of [[South India]].<br />
The name is derived from Odia word "Mandeiba" ({{lang-or|ମଣ୍ଡେଇବା}}) means "to place" or "to put" or "to dump" it also suggests the action of putting rice bowl into the warm water "Mandeiba" to Manda peetha.<br />
<br />
==Preparation==<br />
The outer covering consists of steamed rice flour and inner filling is of coconut, jaggery, black pepper and [[Chhena]].<br />
<br />
<gallery widths=200px heights=140px><br />
File:Making of Manda Pitha.webm|Making a manda pitha<br />
File:Manda pitha Odia cuisine.jpg|Manda pitha prepared during [[Kumar Purnima]]<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Kakara pitha]]<br />
*[[List of Indian breads]]<br />
* [[List of steamed foods]]<br />
* {{portal-inline|Food}}<br />
* [https://odiarecipes.com/details.php?htid=24 Manda Pitha]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
*[http://ourrecipediary.blogspot.com/2010/09/manda-pitha-modak.html guide to make manda pitha]<br />
<br />
{{Indian bread}}<br />
{{Indian Dishes}}<br />
[[Category:Odia cuisine]]<br />
[[Category:Indian breads]]<br />
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]<br />
[[Category:Steamed foods]]</div>
->Lancepark