Name: Bhaja Pithe recipe by Piyanki Sarkar at BetterButter
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 medium sized sweet potato; Poha or Flattened rice -3 tsp; Salt; Sugar; Jaggery (I used kohlapuri jaggery); Olive oil / Ghee; Rice flour -1 tsp; Coconut powder

Ingredients Serving: 2

1 medium sized sweet potato
Poha or Flattened rice -3 tsp
Salt
Sugar
Jaggery (I used kohlapuri jaggery)
Olive oil / Ghee
Rice flour -1 tsp
Coconut powder

Instructions

Mash the sweet potato.Soak poha in water for 10-15 minutes, once it becomes soft ,add it to the mashed potato, add ½ tsp salt,1 tsp sugar ,1 tsp rice flour and make a dough .Make small balls from the prepared dough .
Take a flat pan, add 1 cup coconut powder ,1/4 cup jaggery and stir constantly for 4-5 minutes, till it is mixed well .
Take one dough ball and flatten it using your palm ,then with thumb and finger and make it in the shape of a bowl . Stuff the coconut filling and close its edges and give it an oval shape .
Deep fry in oil/ghee, till it becomes golden brown.
Serve hot or can be stored and have later. Bhaja pithe is ready

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