How much cooking time?

35 min — 20 min prep, 15 min cooking.

Pakan Pithe

Name: Pakan Pithe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; salt; 0.5cup sugar; 100g Jaggery; 100g rice; 2tbsp Mustard Oil

Deep-fried rice flour pithe soaked in date palm jaggery syrup. A Bengali Poush Parbon (winter) sweet — pakan comes from paka (ripe/cooked) — sticky, sweet, and crunchy.

Time 35 min · Serves 6 · 231 kcal · Purulia, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

salt (optional) (whole)
sugar — 0.5 cup (whole)
Jaggery — 100 g (whole)
rice — 100 g (ground)

Tempering

Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Gather and measure all ingredients for Pakan 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 Pakan Pithe?: 231 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 35 min — 20 min prep, 15 min cooking.

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