Wednesday 25 January 2012

Dudh Puli Pithe- A bengali sweet made during sankranti


Ingredients

1.Full cream milk-500ml
2.Condensed milk-100ml
3.Fresh grated coconut-2cups
4.Jaggery-1 cup(crumbled)
5.Rice powder-1cup
6.Maida-1cup
7.Chopped dry fruits for garnishing

Method

In a heavy bottomed vessel pour the milk and allow it to reduce in a low flame.The milk should be reduced till 300ml approx.Meanwhile in a bowl mix maida and rice flour and knead it into a soft dough by adding warming water.Ideally it should rest for some time.The dough should be soft.
Crumble the jaggery and coconut together and cook it on a pan till the moisture of the mixture dries up.Keep aside.Add the condensed milk to the milk which you have been boiling for sometime.Give it a stir and let it simmer in a low flame.
Make small balls of the dough and flatten them with hands in acircular shape.Fill in small portion of coconut-jaggery mixture and fold it giving a semi-circle(gujhiya)type shape.Close it properly so that the filling does not comes out when further cooked.Repeat till all the dough is utilised,it should roughly make 10pithes.
Add the pithes in the milk slowly and allow it to cook further for around 8 to 10 minutes so that the pithes cook through.Garnish with chopped dry fruits and serve hot or cold.

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