Template:No footnotes Template:Infobox prepared food Manda pitha (Template:Lang-or) 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. The name is derived from Odia word "Mandeiba" (Template:Lang-or) 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.
Preparation
The outer covering consists of steamed rice flour and inner filling is of coconut, jaggery, black pepper and Chhena.
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Making a manda pitha
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Manda pitha prepared during Kumar Purnima
