Ranga Alur Pithe
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.
People also search this as ranga alur pitha, ranga aloo pitha, shakarkandi pitha, rangalur pithe.
Ingredients
- Fresh Coconut — 80 g
- Jaggery — 120 g
- Cardamom Powder — 2 g
- salt — 1 g
- oil — 40 g
- Sweet Potato — 500 g
- Rice Flour — 120 g
Method
- Pressure cook sweet potatoes for 2 whistles.
- Peel and mash the sweet potatoes while warm.
- Add rice flour, grated jaggery, coconut, cardamom and salt. Knead into soft dough.
- Shape small balls and flatten into thick discs.
- Heat a tawa and grease it with oil.
- Cook discs on both sides till brown spots appear.
- Serve warm.
Common questions
- How many calories in one plate of Ranga Alur Pithe?
- 267 kcal per plate.
- How much cooking time?
- 30 min — 15 min prep, 15 min cooking.