Puli Pithe Recipe

Name: Puli Pithe Recipe
Total time: 31 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: North Indian

Recipe By Slurrp

A Bengali traditional sweet dish specially made during festivals.Dudh puli is a traditional bengali pithe or pitha and Makar Sankranti or poush sankranti(in Bengal) is the best time to make it at home. Bengali style Dudh puli means half-moon shaped stuffed rice cake or dumpling cooked in dudh or milk. In this bengali dudh puli recipe sweet coconut-jaggery stuffed rice cake or dumpling is cooked in jaggery mixed milk.

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21minsCook

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Ingredients For Puli Pithe Recipe

NaN For The Filling
200 gram black gram
1 chopped onions
Green chili
2 tablespoon Chopped garlic
Turmeric powder
3 tablespoon Salt
3 bay leaves
NaN Cooking Oil
NaN Ghee
1.5 cup rice3 cup of crushed coconut/khoya
2 tablespoon Sugar
date jaggery
3 green cardamoms
3 bay leaves
For the batter
1 cup Refined flour/maida

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Directions : Puli Pithe Recipe

STEP 1.Filling(gram masala)

STEP 2.Chop the onions & garlic also slice the green chilis from the middle.

STEP 3.Now wash the 200gms of black gram thoroughly.

STEP 4.Now in a kadai, add 2 cup of water.

STEP 5.Add the black gram, chopped onions, chilis,½ tbsp turmeric and salt to taste, mix it well with the water, let the water evaporate on low flame.

STEP 6.Once the black gram is cooked the consistency will become thick.

STEP 7.Take another kadai, pour 7-8tbsp oil and add the chopped garlic fry them till golden brown.

STEP 8.Now add the cooked black gram and give it a mix.

STEP 9.Now add 2-3tbsp sugar and mix it with the khoya (you can add more sugar as per your taste).

STEP 10.Now add the bay leaves and cardamom, give it the right mix.

STEP 11.At last, you can add 1tbsp ghee for enhancing the flavor.

STEP 12.Take out the filling in a plate and let it cool.

STEP 13.Filling(coconut)

STEP 14.Take a kadai and roast the sesame seed in low flame, keep roasting until they brown. Turn off the gas and pour them on a plate and let it cool. Grind the roasted sesame in a powder consistency.

STEP 15.Now add water, salt, and mix it with the water very well.

STEP 16.Take a kadai and pour the sesame paste and keep cooking it in a low flame.

STEP 17.Now add the 5tbsp jaggery and saute it with the sesame paste thoroughly. Keep mixing them until the jaggery is evenly spread.

STEP 18.Add the other half of roasted rice powder and keep mixing the whole thing now and then.

STEP 19.Now add salt to taste and mix it.

STEP 20.Now add the bay leaves, give it the right mix.

STEP 21.Keep stirring it occasionally so that the black gram doesn’t stick.

STEP 22.At last, you can add 1tbsp ghee for enhancing the flavor.

STEP 23.Take out the filling in a plate and let it cool.

STEP 24.Dough

STEP 25.In a saucepan, heat 2 cups of water and add 1 cup refined flour/maida, and 1 tbsp salt mix it carefully without making any lumps.

STEP 26.Add 3-4 tbsp oil add more oil if needed but go slow. Once your dough starts to crumble then,

STEP 27.Add water to balance the consistency.

STEP 28.Knead a tight dough.

STEP 29.Take a little portion of the dough and flatten it into a circle with your fingers. Put 1-2 tsp. Of the stuffing in the center.

STEP 30.Close it into a crescent shape.

STEP 31.Seal the edges with your fingers or fork.

STEP 32.Line a colander with a wet cloth and place the pithes in it. Cover with the fabric.

STEP 33.Steam for 4-5 minutes in a saucepan, steamer or pressure cooker. (which suits your need)

STEP 34.Or you can take a kadai to pour cooking oil and deep fry them.

STEP 35.Whatever will be convenient for you.

STEP 36.Garnish with some crushed saffron or castor sugar for the coconut filling and green chutney for gram filling.

Nutrition
value

2111

calories per serving

134 g Fat36 g Protein196 g Carbs48 g FiberOther

Current Totals

134 g Fat
36 g Protein
196 g Carbs
48 g Fiber

MacroNutrients

Carbs
196 g
Protein
36 g
Fiber
48 g

Fats

Fat
134 g

Vitamins & Minerals

Calcium
287 mg
Iron
16 mg
Vitamin A
51 mcg
Vitamin B1
1 mg
Vitamin B2
1 mg
Vitamin B3
4 mg
Vitamin B6
1 mg
Vitamin B9
199 mcg
Vitamin B12
0 mcg
Vitamin C
32 mg
Vitamin E
9 mg
Copper
2 mcg
Magnesium
246 mg
Manganese
4 mg
Phosphorus
529 mg
Selenium
4 mcg
Zinc
6 mg

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment

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