Bengali sweets with a western twist

A few days ago, Bengalis celebrated Makar Sankranti. As always, celebration is always accompanied by good food. This specific festival food is pitha, a Bengali sweet dumpling, crepes and pancakes.

The picture above has two pithas. One is with patisapta, a sweet crepe made of flour, filled with ricotta cheese flavored with orange. The second one is malpua, a deep fried sweet batter of semolina and flour flavored with anise. I created three versions of Malpua, where one was the original, second one I made pancake style and the third one was pan fried.

I did not soak it in syrup when serving as is customary with these pithas. Instead, I served them with fresh fruits and frozen whipped cream shavings.

The tastes were much appreciated by my family, as they tend to shy away from the too sweet version.

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@ShipraMitra

Bangali sweets are world famous. And with western twistâ€Ļawesome :ok_hand: :ok_hand: .

Thank you @ShipraMitra for sharing the most famous bengali sweet during Winter .

Now a days every where in bengal’s sweet shops sell this sweets throughout the year.

Happy Guiding!

I am tagging WBLG members @PritishB & @KalyanPal to have a look patisapta with Western twist.

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Thank you @ShipraMitra for posting such Pitha with us. Picture is more delicious :yum: . Do you know all types of Pitha (bengali style) ?

Please check your inbox (connect inbox).

Thank you @BidurC for tagging me here.

Best regards,

Kalyan

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Thank you @PritishB for your kind words. Your encouragement is appreciated.

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Hi @KalyanPal ,

I am a Bengali from Howrah, and mom is from Midnapur. I know how to make puli pitha, aske pitha. The variations of pitha is so many that I may not know all of them.

Puli pitha is fun with the different kinds of folds, purs, and the way one can serve it. You have inspired me to make it. If successful, I will post it

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Thanks for the tag, @BidurC

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Thank you for sharing a yummy :yum: looking spread of Bengal Mithai @ShipraMitra

I especially like the phrase ‘western-twist’ and highly appreciate you keeping the tradition of the Indian new year alive even when living on the other side of the world.

I would also suggest changing the setting to display the picture in a larger size - that would look awesome.

Hi @TusharSuradkar

Thank you for your appreciation and suggestion. I am new to posting in connect, and am still struggling with posting pictures. I can barely insert them, forget about making them bigger or change orientation. I do use my phone to post.

Per your suggestion, I tried to access the post from Adam, but got a “restricted permissions” message.

Will follow your instructions when posting from desktop.

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