Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe

Step 1: For making Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe, gather all the ingredients handy

Step 2: Instruction for Making PuliSift rice flour, add a pinch of salt, ghee and hot water and knead to make a soft and supple dough

Step 3: Keep it covered with a clean kitchen towel

Step 4: Heat a non-stick pan, add in crushed palm jaggery and allow jaggery to melt on medium heat

Step 5: Keep stirring to avoid charring

Step 6: Once melted, add grated coconut, chopped cashews and half a teaspoon of cardamom powder

Step 7: Mix well

Step 8: Keep stirring for a few minutes until well-mixed

Step 9: Keep aside to coolInch out a lemon sized ball from the prepared dough and flatten between your palm and fingers to make a flat disk

Step 10: Scoop a tsp of cooled jaggery-coconut filling and place in between the disk

Step 11: Fold the dough from one end and cover it up completely till all the filling is secured in

Step 12: This should take a crescent shape now

Step 13: Press between fingers gently to close openings in the dumpling if any

Step 14: Fold in the protruded edge inwards to secure the folds further

Step 15: These folded edges appear like braids

Step 16: Repeat the process till all the dough is done and keep aside all Puli

Step 17: Instruction for Making Kheer/ Dudh PuliBoil milk in a thick bottomed pan at medium flame to reduce it to half

Step 18: Add 1 teaspoon of cardamom powder and crushed palm jaggery(optional)

Step 19: Now here you have to add jaggery as per your choice, if you want the dudh kheer to be mild, then add very little jaggery, else more

Step 20: Drop in the handmade puli, one by one carefully into the pan while the milk boils

Step 21: After adding all the pulis in milk, reduce the flame and allow them to cook with milk for about 10-15 minutes

Step 22: Keep checking the pulis during regular intervals and make sure you boil them along until they get properly cooked

Step 23: Turn off the flame and allow Kheer Puli Pitha | Bengali Pitha Recipe to cool

Step 24: Serve this creamy jaggery flavoured milk and puli either warm or you may refrigerate it before serving