Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe
A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with liter milk, palm jaggery - crushed, -/2 teaspoons cardamom powder (elaichi). Ready in 1h 10m, serves 4.
Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳
Instructions
24 steps- 1
For making Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe, gather all the ingredients handy
- 2
Instruction for Making PuliSift rice flour, add a pinch of salt, ghee and hot water and knead to make a soft and supple dough
rice flour(100 grams)hot water(1 cup)tablespoons ghee(2)pinch salt(1) - 3
Keep it covered with a clean kitchen towel
- 4
Heat a non-stick pan, add in crushed palm jaggery and allow jaggery to melt on medium heat
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams) - 5
Keep stirring to avoid charring
- 6
Once melted, add grated coconut, chopped cashews and half a teaspoon of cardamom powder
-/2 teaspoons cardamom powder (elaichi)(1)fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)cashew nuts - chopped (optional)(1 tablespoon) - 7
Mix well
- 8
Keep stirring for a few minutes until well-mixed
- 9
Keep aside to coolInch out a lemon sized ball from the prepared dough and flatten between your palm and fingers to make a flat disk
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams) - 10
Scoop a tsp of cooled jaggery-coconut filling and place in between the disk
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams)fresh coconut - grated(1 cup) - 11
Fold the dough from one end and cover it up completely till all the filling is secured in
- 12
This should take a crescent shape now
- 13
Press between fingers gently to close openings in the dumpling if any
- 14
Fold in the protruded edge inwards to secure the folds further
- 15
These folded edges appear like braids
- 16
Repeat the process till all the dough is done and keep aside all Puli
- 17
Instruction for Making Kheer/ Dudh PuliBoil milk in a thick bottomed pan at medium flame to reduce it to half
liter milk(1) - 18
Add 1 teaspoon of cardamom powder and crushed palm jaggery(optional)
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams)-/2 teaspoons cardamom powder (elaichi)(1)cashew nuts - chopped (optional)(1 tablespoon) - 19
Now here you have to add jaggery as per your choice, if you want the dudh kheer to be mild, then add very little jaggery, else more
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams) - 20
Drop in the handmade puli, one by one carefully into the pan while the milk boils
liter milk(1) - 21
After adding all the pulis in milk, reduce the flame and allow them to cook with milk for about 10-15 minutes
liter milk(1) - 22
Keep checking the pulis during regular intervals and make sure you boil them along until they get properly cooked
- 23
Turn off the flame and allow Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe to cool
- 24
Serve this creamy jaggery flavoured milk and puli either warm or you may refrigerate it before serving
liter milk(1)palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams)
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Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe
A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with liter milk, palm jaggery - crushed, -/2 teaspoons cardamom powder (elaichi). Ready in 1h 10m, serves 4.
Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳
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Directions
24 steps- 1
For making Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe, gather all the ingredients handy
- 2
Instruction for Making PuliSift rice flour, add a pinch of salt, ghee and hot water and knead to make a soft and supple dough
rice flour(100 grams)hot water(1 cup)tablespoons ghee(2)pinch salt(1) - 3
Keep it covered with a clean kitchen towel
- 4
Heat a non-stick pan, add in crushed palm jaggery and allow jaggery to melt on medium heat
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams) - 5
Keep stirring to avoid charring
- 6
Once melted, add grated coconut, chopped cashews and half a teaspoon of cardamom powder
-/2 teaspoons cardamom powder (elaichi)(1)fresh coconut - grated(1 cup)cashew nuts - chopped (optional)(1 tablespoon) - 7
Mix well
- 8
Keep stirring for a few minutes until well-mixed
- 9
Keep aside to coolInch out a lemon sized ball from the prepared dough and flatten between your palm and fingers to make a flat disk
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams) - 10
Scoop a tsp of cooled jaggery-coconut filling and place in between the disk
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams)fresh coconut - grated(1 cup) - 11
Fold the dough from one end and cover it up completely till all the filling is secured in
- 12
This should take a crescent shape now
- 13
Press between fingers gently to close openings in the dumpling if any
- 14
Fold in the protruded edge inwards to secure the folds further
- 15
These folded edges appear like braids
- 16
Repeat the process till all the dough is done and keep aside all Puli
- 17
Instruction for Making Kheer/ Dudh PuliBoil milk in a thick bottomed pan at medium flame to reduce it to half
liter milk(1) - 18
Add 1 teaspoon of cardamom powder and crushed palm jaggery(optional)
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams)-/2 teaspoons cardamom powder (elaichi)(1)cashew nuts - chopped (optional)(1 tablespoon) - 19
Now here you have to add jaggery as per your choice, if you want the dudh kheer to be mild, then add very little jaggery, else more
palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams) - 20
Drop in the handmade puli, one by one carefully into the pan while the milk boils
liter milk(1) - 21
After adding all the pulis in milk, reduce the flame and allow them to cook with milk for about 10-15 minutes
liter milk(1) - 22
Keep checking the pulis during regular intervals and make sure you boil them along until they get properly cooked
- 23
Turn off the flame and allow Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe to cool
- 24
Serve this creamy jaggery flavoured milk and puli either warm or you may refrigerate it before serving
liter milk(1)palm jaggery - crushed(200 grams)
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