Nokshi Pakan Pitha
Author: Lail Hossain
Recipe type: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Serves: 10-12
- 1 cup moong dal
- 1.5 cup water
- 1 cup rice flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon ghee/butter
- Oil for deep fry
- For Syrup
- 2 cup sugar
- 2 cup water
- 2 cardamom
- 2 cinnamon pieces, 1inch each
- Roast moong dal on low heat until fragrant and crisp.
- Using food processor, grind dal to powder.
- Boil water with salt. Add ghee.
- When water is boiling hot, add the rice and dal flour slowly. Lower the heat to medium low and mix with a wooden spoon making sure no lump remains.
- Take the dough off the flame after about 3-4 minutes when water dries.
- Cover and let the dough rest for about 10 minutes.
- Knead the dough very well in lightly rice flour dusted surface until smooth.
- Divide dough into 4 balls and knead again to make it soft and smooth.
- Roll out each ball closer to ½ inch onto a lightly floured surface
- Brush some oil over the dough. Cut out pitha using your favorite cookie cutters. We used our Islamic shape cookie cutters.
- Using toothpicks make designs on each pitta. Get creative here :)
- Air dry all pitha for 1-2 hours.
- Make syrup with sugar and water. Keep it aside.
- Heat oil for deep frying. When oil hot, fry each pitha on medium heat till it becomes light golden.
- Remove pitha from oil and put into syrup for about a minute.
- Remove pitta from syrup and serve in a platter.
Recipe by WithASpin at https://withaspin.com/2017/01/10/nokshi-pakan-pitha/
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