Bengali RecipesDessertVegetarian

Bhaja Pithe Recipe

Name: Bhaja Pithe Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 5 servings
Cuisine: Bengali Recipes
Ingredients: 1 cup yellow moong dal (split) - boiled; 2 sweet potatoes - boiled; rice flour - as required; 1 teaspoon whole wheat flour; 1/2 teaspoon cumin powder (jeera) - roast and ground; 1 pinch salt; 1 -/2 teaspoons sesame seeds (til seeds); sunflower oil - to deep fry; 1 cup fresh coconut; 1 cups -/2 nolen gur; 2 cardamom (elaichi) pods/seeds - crushed; jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk

A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with yellow moong dal (split) - boiled, sweet potatoes - boiled, rice flour - as required. Ready in 2h, serves 5.

Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳

Calories

620kcal

Estimated Cost

₹300-450

Carbs67g

Protein33g

Fats25g

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Instructions

12 steps

1
To prepare Bhaja Pithe Recipe, get ready with all the ingredients
2
Take a kadai and dry roast coconut and jaggery, stir constantly till fragrant and done, to avoid burning
cumin powder (jeera) - roast and ground(1/2 teaspoon)fresh coconut(1 cup)jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk
3
Keep aside
4
To make the dough, in a bowl, mash the boiled moong dal and boiled sweet potatoes
yellow moong dal (split) - boiled(1 cup)sweet potatoes - boiled(2)
5
Add jaggery, salt, roasted cumin powder and sesame seeds and mix well
cumin powder (jeera) - roast and ground(1/2 teaspoon)pinch salt(1)-/2 teaspoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(1)jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk
6
Add wheat flour and rice flour and make the dough soft
rice flour - as requiredwhole wheat flour(1 teaspoon)
7
To make Bhaja PitheMake small balls from the prepared dough
8
Take one by one and Flatten using your palm then with thumb and finger make shapes as of a bowl
9
Stuff the coconut filling in it and close its edges and make a shape like the puli pithe
fresh coconut(1 cup)
10
Deep fry in hot oil on medium flame in a deep frying pan, till they are golden brown
sunflower oil - to deep fryjaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk
11
Deep fry in batches
sunflower oil - to deep fry
12
Allow it to cool and drizzle condensed milk or liquid jaggery to serve Bhaja Pithe Recipe
jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk

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Bengali RecipesDessertVegetarian

Bhaja Pithe Recipe

A vegetarian Bengali Recipes recipe with yellow moong dal (split) - boiled, sweet potatoes - boiled, rice flour - as required. Ready in 2h, serves 5.

Curated byAnanya Chatterjee🇮🇳

Cook Time2h

Calories

620kcal

Est. Cost₹300-₹450

Serving Size1 portion

Estimated Nutrition Highlights

Carbohydrates

67g(43%)

Protein

33g(21%)

Fats

25g(36%)

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Directions

12 steps

1
To prepare Bhaja Pithe Recipe, get ready with all the ingredients
2
Take a kadai and dry roast coconut and jaggery, stir constantly till fragrant and done, to avoid burning
cumin powder (jeera) - roast and ground(1/2 teaspoon)fresh coconut(1 cup)jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk
3
Keep aside
4
To make the dough, in a bowl, mash the boiled moong dal and boiled sweet potatoes
yellow moong dal (split) - boiled(1 cup)sweet potatoes - boiled(2)
5
Add jaggery, salt, roasted cumin powder and sesame seeds and mix well
cumin powder (jeera) - roast and ground(1/2 teaspoon)pinch salt(1)-/2 teaspoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(1)jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk
6
Add wheat flour and rice flour and make the dough soft
rice flour - as requiredwhole wheat flour(1 teaspoon)
7
To make Bhaja PitheMake small balls from the prepared dough
8
Take one by one and Flatten using your palm then with thumb and finger make shapes as of a bowl
9
Stuff the coconut filling in it and close its edges and make a shape like the puli pithe
fresh coconut(1 cup)
10
Deep fry in hot oil on medium flame in a deep frying pan, till they are golden brown
sunflower oil - to deep fryjaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk
11
Deep fry in batches
sunflower oil - to deep fry
12
Allow it to cool and drizzle condensed milk or liquid jaggery to serve Bhaja Pithe Recipe
jaggery - heated till molten or condensed milk