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Usually when we talk about Manda Pitha the first thing that comes to our mind is a steamed dumpling which is prepared in Odisha during festivals falling in monsoon and post-monsoon seasons like Manabasa Gurubara, Durga Puja, Kumar Purnima or Rakhi Purnima. The pitha has similarity with the modak of Maharashtra and Kozhakkattai of South India but yet different in shape & texture. The name is derived from the Odia word "Mandeiba" (Odia: ମଣ୍ଡେଇବା) means "to place" or "to put" or "to dump". It suggests the action of putting a rice bowl into warm water "Mandeiba" to make Manda pitha. The outer covering is made of steamed rice flour and the inner filling consists of different ingredients like coconut or moong or Bengal gram, sesame, groundnut, jaggery, black pepper, ginger, edible camphor, chena, cardamom etc. Manda is prepared with rice & semolina. Both have steamed as well fried versions. Rice flour is the traditional one. Whereas due to ease in making and to save time nowadays semolina based manda pitha have taken over. Rice based fried manda are still made in a few homes and mostly in the western part of Odisha. Trying my best to conserve these delicacies in the form of these small stories. #chanamandapitha #bhajamandapitha #reelsinstagram

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This post was published on 27th November, 2025 by Avinash on his Instagram handle "@bhukadinsan (MasterChef Dr. Avinash Patnaik 🧑‍🍳)". Avinash has total 47.8K followers on Instagram and has a total of 1.1K post.This post has received 211 Likes which are lower than the average likes that Avinash gets. Avinash receives an average engagement rate of 2.65% per post on Instagram. This post has received 10 comments which are lower than the average comments that Avinash gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile. #chanamandapitha #bhajamandapitha #reelsinstagram has been used frequently in this Post.