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Bhapa Puli Pithe - Bengali Sweet

Sep-27-2017
Bethica Das
50 minutes
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
3 People
Serves
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ABOUT Bhapa Puli Pithe - Bengali Sweet RECIPE

These are delicious steamed sweets that are usually made during Sankranti or Harvest festival in the month of January. Quite popular in Bangladesh and Eastern India, they are traditionally made of rice flour and stuffed with coconut-date palm jaggery filling.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Medium
  • Diwali
  • West Bengal
  • Steaming
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 3

  1. 1 cup rice flour
  2. pinch of salt
  3. pinch of cardamom powder
  4. 1/2 cup leftover carrot halwa
  5. 1 tsp. powdered brown sugar & a pinch of crushed saffron to garnish

Instructions

  1. In a bowl, mix together rice flour, cardamom powder and a pinch of salt. Knead into a dough by adding required quantity of water. Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for half an hour.
  2. Divide into 10-11 equal portions. Take each portion and roll into a small circle with your fingers
  3. Put 1/2 tsp. of the carrot filling in the centre and close it into a crescent shape. Seal all the edges by running a fork around and making an impression.
  4. Make similar pithes with the remaining dough. Place a cloth on a steel colander and transfer all the pithes on it.
  5. Now cover the pithes with the cloth and place this colander over a saucepan containing water. Place a steel plate over it and steam for 4-5 minutes.
  6. Garnish with crushed saffron and powdered brown sugar or castor sugar. Serve, preferably with liquid jaggery.

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Kalpana Arora
Sep-28-2017
Kalpana Arora   Sep-28-2017

Such an exciting dish.

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