Name: Arisa Pitha recipe by Sarada Shreya at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Rice flour 500 gm; Jaggery 350 gm; Poppy seeds 1 cup; Cardamom powder 1 tsp; Crushed Black pepper 1 tsp; Oil for deep frying; Ghee 1/2 cup; 1 Cup water

ABOUT Arisa Pitha RECIPE

It is an authentic traditional sweet of Odisha, all Odiyas make this sweet almost on every occasion, this sweet is prepared in the wedding ceremonies.

Instructions

Turn on the stove on medium flame and in a vessel mix water and jaggery ànd bring it to a boil till the jaggery is completely dissolved
Then add rice flour slowly and stirring continuously with out forming any lumps
Add half cup ghee cardamom powder, crushed black peppr to it and mix it properly
Now when the flour starts to thicken, and the ghee is soaked up turn off the flame
Transfer it into other bowl and let it cool down to the temperature of luke warm
Heat oil in a karahi for deep fry on a medium flame
Once oil is heated, reduce the flame, grease a banana leaf or a poly bag with a little oil
Take a golf ball sized dough and press into a disc of 0.5 cm thickness , make all the arisa, sprinkle some poppy seed on arisa and press lightly
Fry all arisa in the oil till golden colour
Drain them on a paper towel .
Eat hot or at room temperature, it can also be stored for a month.

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