Bangladesh and West Bengal
Bhapa pitha
Steamed rice flour cakes with a molten seam of date palm jaggery and coconut. Winter street breakfast.
45 minTime
3 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's waySteamed rice cake with coconut and patali gur.
The original283kcalsame
3 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
45minutessame
Classic bhapa pitha.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
4 steps- 1Sprinkle water and salt over the rice flour and rub until it looks like damp sand.
- 2Fill a small bowl halfway with flour, add coconut and gur, cover with more flour and press lightly.
- 3Wrap the bowl in a damp muslin, invert onto the cloth over a pot of boiling water and steam 6 to 8 minutes.
- 4Lift off and serve hot.
Serve it like this
Serve straight from the steamer on a small plate, gur side up, with a cup of tea.
