” PITHE or PULI ” is a traditional dish that is made on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti or Poush Parbon. I love this festival. My Mother makes so many varieties of sweets like ‘Dudh Puli’, ‘Bhaja Pithe’, ‘Patisapta’, etc and each of them tastes delicious.
Rosh bora is another sweet of this festival. These are soft Urad Dal dumplings or fritters soaked in light jaggery or sugar syrup.
Shrikhand is a traditional Indian sweet , made by using hung curd (Yogurt) , powdered sugar, and flavoring.
Rava kesari is a popular South Indian sweet dish made of rava or suji (semolina) , ghee , sugar , saffron (from which it gets the kesari or yellowish/orangish color) raisin , and nuts.
Rasogolla or Rasgulla is one of the popular Indian sweet , made from “chenna” which is obtained by curdling the milk with lemon juice or vinegar. Then the chenna is mashed, made smooth, and cooked in boiling sugar syrup. Some time cardamom powder or rose water is added to the sugar syrup to flavor the rasogolla.
” PITHE or PULI ” is a traditional dish that is made on the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti or Poush Parbon.
GOKUL PITHE , is one of the finest & most delicious of them all. These are mostly sweet , coconut-jaggery filled fried dumplings, soaked in thick hot sugar syrup.