Assam

Ghila pitha

Name: Ghila pitha
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Assamese
Ingredients: 1 cup glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour); 1/3 cup rice flour; 2/3 cup jaggery; 1/2 cup water; 1 tbsp sesame seeds; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for frying, about 3 tbsp absorbed; a pinch salt

Sticky rice flour and jaggery fried into soft, chewy discs. Bihu in every bite.

40 minTime

2 gProtein each

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Grandma's wayBora saul from Assam and gur.

The original

282kcal

2 gprotein

1 gfibre

40minutes

Ghila pitha as made for Bihu.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Glutinous rice flour (sweet rice flour)1 cup

Rice flour⅓ cup

Jaggery⅔ cup

Water½ cup

Sesame seeds1 tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying, about 3 tbsp absorbed

Salta pinch

Method

4 steps

1Melt jaggery in water and strain. Cool slightly.
2Mix flours, sesame and salt, then add the syrup a little at a time to form a soft dough.
3Pinch off small balls and press into thick discs about 2 inches wide.
4Fry carefully in medium hot oil, a few at a time, turning once, until deep brown.

Serve it like this

Serve on a plate with tea.

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