Pitha-A forgotten recipe from Bihar

Name: Pitha-A forgotten recipe from Bihar
Total time: 1500 s
Yield: 3-4 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup basmati ground rice; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1 tbsp ghee; 1/2 cup milk; 1/2 tsp kewra water; 20-25 raisins; 2 tbsp coconut chunks

Naheed Alam @cook_14415967

Greater Noida.

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Pitha is a sweet treat from Bihar. Now in these days this simple and delicious recipe is forgotten completely. This sweet is my childhood crush and my nani maa used to make this frequently. Enjoy the recipe friends.

Naheed Alam @cook_14415967

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Ingredients

20-25 minutes

3-4 persons

1 cupbasmati ground rice
1/2 cuppowdered sugar
1 tbspghee
1/2 cupmilk
1/2 tspkewra water
20-25raisins
2 tbspcoconut chunks

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Steps

20-25 minutes

1

Take ground rice, powdered sugar and ghee in a mixing thali.
2

Mix till crumbled. Add milk and kewra water. Add raisins and coconut chunks also.
3

Mix to well combined. Add a little water to make a stiff dough. Cover and leave 15-20 minutes.
4

Meanwhile in a vessel take water to fill it half. Tie a muslin / cotton cloth over it to make a traditional water bath.
5

After 15 minutes, knead the dough again and divide into 12-15 lemon size balls.Make small patties, insert 1 raisin in centre of each patties.
6

Arrange the patties on water bath and cover with a lid.Put the vessel on high flame for 2 minutes. After 2 minutes, steam the patties on low - medium flame for 20-25 minutes.
7

After 25 minutes, put off flame. Che ch the prepared pithas by inserting tooth pick. If the tooth pick comes clean, pithas are perfectly steamed. Take out and let them cool.
8

Enjoy 😊

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Naheed Alam @cook_14415967

on September 16, 2023 17:21

Greater Noida.

Having a Master degree in Science and a bachelor degree in Education,but also passionate about cooking since childhood.Love to cook my favourite dishes.