Patishapta Pitha Recipe
PatishaptaPitha is a famous Bengali dish that is forcibly prepared in every house in Bengal during the Poush Parbon festival. It is a quick & easy Indian dessert recipe, made in just 30 minutes, so you can prepare it now.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Milk - (250 ml)
- 4 to 5 tbsp Ghee – (for pancakes)
- less than ¼ tbsp Baking soda – a pinch
- 1 tbsp Powder sugar – (20 grams)
- 2 tbsp Rice flour – (20 grams)
- 4 tbsp Semolina – (40 grams)
For Stuffing
- ½ tbsp Cardamom powder
- 8 to 10 pcs. Cashews – (finely chopped)
- ½ cup Powdered sugar – (75 grams)
- ¾ cups Coconut powder – (75 grams) (you can use grated coconut also)
- 1 cup Mawa – (250 grams)
Instructions
To prepare Patishapta
- Take refined flour in a big bowl and add baking soda, rice flour, semolina, milk, and powdered sugar in it.
- Make a fine smooth batter and keep it aside to rest for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, preheat a non-stick tawa or pan on flame.
- Now apply very little oil and spread it on the entire pan. You can also use brinjal head to evenly spread the oil.
- Now spread some batter (around 1 tbsp) over tawa/pan. Make sure it's thin.
- Apply some ghee/oil around the cheela.
- When it is cooked well, i.e., the colour changes to slightly brown from beneath, flip it and roast it from the other side. Make sure both sides are well-cooked and slightly brown.
- When the cheela is cooked from both sides, turn off the flame and put the cheela on a plate.
- Similarly, prepare as much cheela as you want and put it on the plate.
To prepare the stuffing, follow the below steps
- In a pan, take mawa and roast it on a very low flame; keep string it constantly.
- Turn off the gas when you see a colour change to brown and it releases a good aroma.
- After that, add coconut powder, chopped cashews, cardamom, and powdered sugar to it.
- Give it a nice mix, and your stuff it ready.
Final steps of preparing Patishapta Pitha
- Take one cheela and place it on a plate.
- Take around 1.5 tbsp stuffing of mawa and put it over the cheela.
- Now you have to fold it like a roll.
- In the same way, prepare other Patishapta.
- Now your mouth drooling and scrumptious Patishapta Pitha is ready. When you feel like you need something amazing to eat. Make the delicious Patishapta and enjoy.
Notes
Serving instructions:
Put Patishapta Pitha nicely on a serving plate. Serve this delicious stuffed pancake as a companion with coffee or tea.
Or you can simply enjoy the Bengali delicacy at any time of the day.
If you want to give it to your kids for school lunch, then make sure to wrap each piece of Patishapta Pitha in food wrapping paper and then put it in the lunch box.
In this way, kids can enjoy every piece of Patishapta Pitha and can also share it with their friends.