How much cooking time?

45 min — 25 min prep, 20 min cooking.

Bhapa Pithe

Name: Bhapa Pithe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; 100g Coconut; 100g Jaggery; 100g rice; salt

Steamed rice flour cakes with coconut-jaggery filling wrapped in banana leaf. Poush Parbon winter festival specialty.

Time 45 min · Serves 10 · 110 kcal · All Bengal, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

Coconut — 100 g (chopped)
Jaggery — 100 g (whole)
rice — 100 g (ground)
salt (optional) (whole)

Method

Gather and measure all ingredients for Bhapa Pithe.
Prepare the base — roast/cook the main ingredient in ghee on low flame.
Add sugar/jaggery and mix well. Cook until it reaches desired consistency.
Add cardamom and dry fruits. Mix well.
Let it cool slightly. Shape or serve as appropriate.

Common questions

How many calories in one plate of Bhapa Pithe?: 110 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 45 min — 25 min prep, 20 min cooking.

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