by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 13, 2026 | Food, Foodblog |
Shora pithe is an integral part of Bengal’s pithe–puli culture. Every winter, rice becomes the central ingredient of the kitchen, transformed through soaking, grinding, fermenting, and steaming. Pithe and puli are not single recipes but a system of seasonal cooking...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 9, 2025 | Food, Foodblog |
Chushi Pitha, also called Choshi Pitha or Choshir Payesh, is a quintessential Bengali dessert. This is typically made during Makar Sankranti. It is an exotic dish that features choshi, tiny hand-rolled bits of dough, cooked in thickened milk sweetened with the deeply...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 19, 2023 | Food, Foodblog |
Rosh bora is a dessert that can be made any time of the year but for some reason, we only remember it during the Sankranti season. Different kinds of pithe-puli can be very daunting and at times, something as simple as a roshbora can be mentally satisfying. Poush...
by Madhushree Basu Roy | Jan 12, 2019 | Food, Foodblog |
My grandmother was a remarkable woman. She accomplished much in her life and probably could have done more, had she been from this era. I sometimes feel dwarfed in front of her achievements and her strength. In fact, right now, I know for sure that I would not be...
by Anindya | Jan 15, 2018 | Food, Foodblog |
I have never been a dessert fan while growing up. Pithe and Puli was definitely not something that I would crave. My neighbourhood in Bandel and as well as in Chandannagore, had many families and Bangal families (the ones having their roots in erstwhile Bangladesh),...
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