How much cooking time?

30 min — 15 min prep, 15 min cooking.

Ranga Alur Pithe

Name: Ranga Alur Pithe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: West Bengal Indian
Ingredients: 2piece Cardamom; 0.5cup sugar; 100g Potato; salt; 100g Jaggery; 100g rice; 2tbsp Mustard Oil

Sweet potato pithe made by mashing ranga alu (sweet potato) with rice flour and jaggery, then pan-fried on tawa. A rustic Bengali winter treat from Bankura.

Time 30 min · Serves 8 · 183 kcal · Bankura, West Bengal

Ingredients

Garnish

Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)

Main

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

Tempering

Mustard Oil — 2 tbsp (whole)

Method

Gather and measure all ingredients for Ranga Alur 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 Ranga Alur Pithe?: 183 kcal per plate.
How much cooking time?: 30 min — 15 min prep, 15 min cooking.

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