Sunita Khara from Bilabadi village, Bandhugan block of Koraput dist saying about the recipe of bamboo shoot. Put these bamboo shoots in salty warm water and clean properly, otherwise it will taste astringnet. Then squeeze bamboo shoots. Then make a paste of arua rice, cumin seeds, chili powder, coriander powder and black pepper powder. Don't make this paste too watery, make a thick paste. Then add turmeric powder, salt as per taste and chopped bamboo shoots on that paste. Mix them well. Leave this for 30 minutes. Then put a tawa on stove, when it's starts heating, put some oil on that tawa. Then put that mixed bamboo shoot batter on that tawa in a circular size as pancakes. Fry this properly by flipping both sides on low flame until both the sides will turns into brown color. Then transfer this pancakes in to a plate and garnish with cucumbers and carrots. Then serve this Bamboo shoot Pithau Bhaja.
