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Bengali cuisine is one of a kind and holds a special place in the heart of every gourmet. We welcome and celebrate every season with food. As you can already tell we Bengalis are extremely foodie.
We celebrate winter with a special kind of sweets that was traditionally prepared in our households but now we can also find them at different sweet shops. These are none other than Pithas.
Pithas are primarily made from a batter of rice flour which is shaped and optionally filled with sweet or savory ingredients. When filled, the Pitha'spouch is called a khol and the fillings are called pur.
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Be it your grandmother lovingly feeding you a patishapta or you are standing outside the kitchen patiently waiting for your mother to serve you the first hot Malpua, we all have some good memories associated with Pithas. Talking about Puli Pitthas is like a walk down memory lane. But as we are moving forward in time this art of making Pithas somehow is fading.
We have a whole month, which is also known as Pithe Parbon, dedicated
to pitha pulis. In January, mostly every quintessential Bengali kitchen is
filled with jaggery rice powder and coconut and the preparation process of pitha
pulis starts.
The 5 most common pithas that your mother and grandmother
will surely make-
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Patishaptas ©foodgawker.com |
Patishapta are made with refined flour, rice flour, and suji stuffed with a delicious coconut and jaggery filling. Patishpata is mostly prepared on the occasion of Makar or Poush Sankranti along with other Sankranti dishes like Pule, Pithe, Narkel Naru, and Moa.
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| Doodh Puli ©www.experiencesofagastronomad.com |
Dudh Puli is also known as rice flour dumplings. It's a famous Bengali milk-based Payesh/ Kheer/ Pudding prepared by slow-cooking milk with Puli stuffed with cooked coconut. Dudh Puli was always and till date prepared with Notun Gur/ Patali Gur.
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| Gokul Pithe ©www.experiencesofagastronomad.com |
Another Bengali sweet, Gokul Pithe is a traditional dish that is also popularly made at the time of Makar Sankranti or Poush Parbon in Bengali homes. These are like sweet fried dumplings, soaked in thick hot sugar syrup. The filling is grated coconut and jaggery. Made easily with simple ingredients, and a pinch of love Gokul pithe is simply an irresistible dish to relish!
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| Bhapa Pithe ©www.thefinancialexpress.com.bd |
Bhapa pitha is a type of rice cake that is very popular in West Bengal. Bhapa pitha is considered to be a traditional winter dish made during Makar Sankranti. It is a steamed rice cake made out of freshly ground rice flour. The filling is composed of coconut and date molasses. Molasses can be substituted with brown sugar or jaggery.
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| Chondro Puli ©cheapdinnerideas.co.uk |
Chondro puli is a pastry shell stuffed with a jaggery and coconut concoction and then deep-fried. It could be made in another way where the shell is soft and steamed like a dumpling. The name refers to the "pitha" as being moon-shaped.
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