Bhapa Pitha

Name: Bhapa Pitha
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Ingredients: 2 cups rice flour; 1 cup grated coconut; 1/2 cup jaggery; Water, as needed

ভাপা পিঠা/BHAH-pah PEE-thah/

About this dish

A steamed rice flour cake filled with sweetened coconut and jaggery, a winter treat.

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Ingredients

🌾2 cups rice flour

🥥1 cup grated coconut

🍯1/2 cup jaggery

🫙Water, as needed

Method

Serves 2

Moisten the rice flour lightly with water and sift into a fine, sand-like texture.

Mix grated coconut with jaggery for the filling.

Fill a small perforated bowl with rice flour, add filling in the center, then top with more flour.

Steam over a cloth-covered pot until set, about 10 minutes.

Unmold carefully and serve warm.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Bhapa pitha is a traditional Bangladeshi winter dessert, steamed in a cloth-covered pot.

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