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Enduri pitha

Rice and skinned black gram are soaked, ground and left to ferment, as for idli. The batter is spread on a fresh turmeric leaf, filled with coconut and jaggery, folded and steamed. One recipe gives 5 to 6 hours for the fermenting; no study has measured it.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Enduri pitha itself.

DocumentedCereals and bread9.2 h – 10 h

Recipe

Amounts from a sourceHousehold amounts from one Odia recipe page (Naik 2012); a second recipe page differs. There is no standard or tested recipe.
Raw rice3 cupsAnother recipe uses 1 cup rice to 1/2 cup black gram[eodisha-enduri][mcc-enduri]
Skinned black gram (urad dal)1 cup[eodisha-enduri]
Salt[eodisha-enduri]
Coconut, grated, for the filling1[eodisha-enduri]
Sugar or jaggery, for the filling5–6 tsp[eodisha-enduri]
Fresh turmeric leaves8–10[eodisha-enduri]

Total time across the recorded steps: 9.2 h – 10 h

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Close-up: water moving into a grain

What changes: Water soaks into the rice and the black gram

Step 1 of 5
Soak rice and black gram separately
Time
4 h
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented

Microbes at work in this step

Not documented for this step.

Method

Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source

At a glance

Rice and skinned black gram are soaked, ground and left to ferment, as for idli. The batter is spread on a fresh turmeric leaf, filled with coconut and jaggery, folded and steamed. One recipe gives 5 to 6 hours for the fermenting; no study has measured it. Made in 5 steps over 9.2 h – 10 h. The longest step, ferment the batter, takes 5–6 h (My Cooking Canvas) and runs at at least 30 °C (My Cooking Canvas).

Key numbers
Main step5–6 hReported[mcc-enduri]Ferment the batter
Temperatureat least 30 °CReported[mcc-enduri]Ferment the batter

What makes this one different

The batter is the idli kind, rice with black gram, but it is steamed as a filled parcel in a fresh turmeric leaf, which flavours it.

Related ferments

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

Made in Odia households for Prathamastami, a rite for the long life of the first-born child; turmeric leaves from Kandhamal district are sent across the state for it (Naik 2012).

  1. [sharma2021] Sharma A. 2021, A review on traditional technology and safety challenges with regard to antinutrients in legume foods, Journal of Food Science and Technology 58(8):2863–2883 (table row for pitha including enduri, citing Ray et al. 2016)paper
  2. [eodisha-enduri] Naik G. 2012, Enduri pitha, the typical Odia pitha prepared on Prathamastami, eOdisha.orgweb
  3. [mcc-enduri] My Cooking Canvas, Odia enduri pitha recipe (recipe page)web