Chakuli pitha

Chakuli Pitha
Type	Rice cake
Course	Cake
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Odisha
Main ingredients	Rice flour, black gram, refined edible oil (ghee or mustard oil), salt
	Media: Chakuli Pitha;

Chakuli Pitha (Odia: ଚକୁଳି ପିଠା) is a flat Oriya rice-based fried cake traditionally made in the state of Odisha.

It is prepared using rice flour (arua chaula), black gram (biri dali), refined edible oil (most favorable will be ghee or mustard oil), and salt (luna). It traces its origin during early 4th century BC when Buddha had tasted the Chakra apoopa from two merchants coming from Kalinga Kingdom to Magadha.

Classification

Saru Chakuli (ସରୁ ଚକୁଳି)

This is thin pancake-like Dosa.

Budha Chakuli (ବୁଢା ଚକୁଳି)

This is a thick pitha/cake made of black gram dal and rice batter mix with jaggery, cottage cheese/paneer (chhena) and grated coconut. It is a very well known recipe of Orissa.^[1]

Ata Chakuli (Atta Chakuli)