The next state in the cooking odyssey BM#39 is Assam and the cuisine of Assam is known as Assamese cuisine. The main ingredient in the cooking is rice and the characteristic of this cuisine is very less use of spices. The gentle frying of spices before adding to the main ingredient or “Bhuna” practice is absent in this cuisine. While searching the recipes of Assam I found this Mohura Pitha on Gayatri’s space and bookmarked it . Pitha is special rice preparation generally made during Bihu festival .
Usually it is made with soaked and ground rice but I used the store bought rice flour . The pithas were mouth melting and very delicious. So let’s start the recipe . Yum
Usually it is made with soaked and ground rice but I used the store bought rice flour . The pithas were mouth melting and very delicious. So let’s start the recipe . Yum
Ingredients:
1 cup Rice Flour
1 cup Warm Water
2/3 cup Coconut
1/4 cup Sugar
2 Cardamom pods
Method:
Pulse coconut and cardamom in blender , add sugar mix and keep it aside.
Take rice flour in a bowl and add warm water , make a soft and pliable dough.
Divide it into 12 equal portions and roll each into a ball.
Take a ball and gently press it and shape it into a bowl.
Place a tablespoon of filling in the center and make a half circle by pressing the sides of the circle together.Press to form a spindle shape.
In a big vessel boil water.Add the prepared pithas in hot boiling water and let them cook for 10 minutes.
Remove the pithas from water , strain in colander.
Serve warm.
Serve-6. Cooking time-15 minutes
Best regards,
Sapana Behl
Lovely pitha.Looks like our sweet kolukatti.
pitha looks very yumm..
This dessert really looks great ; mouth watering 🙂
nice variation to south Indian kolukattai
wow such an authentic and deliciously made pitha looks fantastic sapna 🙂 wish i cud grab some from screen 🙂
This pitha is almost like our South Indian steamed dumplings well done Sapna, u nailed them prefectly.
these pitha sound like our kozhukattais.. nicely made
Such a delicious and healthy pithas,looks wonderful..resembles the South Indian Kozhukattai..
this must be similar to modaks in taste considering the ingredients are same, nice pictures
same pinch!! I also made Mohura Pitha from Gayathri's blog!! so simple and yummy
Looks awesome. Good one.
Looks interesting, just like our kozhukatai /mothak. love that filling of coconut n sugar!!!
I had this short-listed as well..it has come out so well Sapana..
Coconut filled pithas are present in some form or the other in all parts of India. Your came out perfect.
Pithas have come out perfect. They must have tasted delicious.
Lovely pithas! reminds me of South Indian Kozhukkattai …I like how simple the flavors are in Assamese cuisine!
It is so much like the Tamil Nadu Kazhukattai. It has turned out perfect Sapana..
These remind me of modak. Even I wanted to do these but guess I did not. love them.
Perfectly made pitha..Delectable..
I like the stuffing for these pithas..just like Gujia!!
must try.. bookmarking Sapana !
I was going to try one of their many pithas also but at the last moment changed. yours looks too good
Looks yum.. Love the stuffing in pitha's.
Looks so good with the coconut speckles…
There are so many versions of pithas. I like the steamed and sweet pitha you made.
Always loved the south Indian version and so, these look delectable to me.