Patishapta – kheer narkel nolen gurer Bengali pitha(pithe) Patishapta recipe step by step with video

Patishapta is a traditionally made Bengali homemade sweet known as pitha or pithe. Patishapta pitha is made with rice flour and maida crepe, and stuffed with khoya kheer (mawa), narkel (coconut), and nolen gur (date palm jaggery) mixture flavoured with cardamom powder. Lastly, fried in ghee.

Patishapta pitha originates in Bengal. Prepared at the time of Makar Sankranti or the Bengali Poush Parbon festival in West Bengal and Bangladesh.

Making patisapta is not a tough job if you know how to make a soft rice flour pancake or crepe. If the pancake is soft, this pitha will be more delicious. But making a soft pancake with rice flour is the most challenging task in this recipe.

Generally, the pancake can be made with a mixture of rice flour and maida, rice flour and suji, or suji and maida or even a perfect combination of these two or three.

But don’t worry, my step-by-step recipe will guide you to make it perfect. I will let you know how to make a super soft patisapta pitha at home in different ways.

Different ways of making Patishapta Pitha’s batter

Method 1 : How to make soft patisapta pitha with store bought rice flour –

Make patishapta’s batter withrice flour(chaler guro) and maida(plain all-purpose flour).That rice flour can be simply homemade or store-bought. The exact ratio of rice flour(1/2 cup) and maida(1 cup) can make it soft together. Though then first rice flour needs to soak in absolutely the same amount of water, mix it up well then soak the mixture in with another 1/2 cup of milk. Mix it well with 1/2 a cup of milk, make a lump-free batter and rest it for the next 15 mins. Then make a perfectly smooth & creamy batter got ready by blending milk and maida with soaked rice flour. Here the secret of this homemade sweet is how long the rice flour will be soaked in liquid(milk or water) makes a totally soft and fluffy crepe. Consistency of the batter also helps to make it soft, which should not be too thick or not too runny. As too thick batter will make the crepe hard whereas the too runny batter will make a soft crepe, that can be broken during rolling the pitha. That is you can easily make super soft patisapta pithe at home with store-bought rice flour too.

Method 2: Traditional way of making super soft patishapta pitha with homemade rice flour-

At my home, my mom prepares this dish in a traditional way. She used to make this sweet with homemade rice flour, prepared with overnight soaked gobindo bhog rice(atop chal) and parboiled rice(sidhdho chal) with 1:1 ratio. On the next day morning, my mom ground the soaked rice by hand in a Shil Nora(Shil Batta) or grindstone. Then soak it in a perfect ratio of water or milk(dudh) for almost 6-7 hours or till the evening, then before making the patisapta, mom would check the consistency of the batter. If got too thick use a little more water or milk in the mixture as per the requirement. Just remind not too thick not too runny batter. As I described before. So you must have seen, long hours soaking of rice and its flour can only make a soft patishapta crepe. That is our grandma’s cooking tricks to make a soft rice flour patisapta at home.

Method 3: The most quick and easy way of making soft patishapta pitha with suji & maida:

To make quick and easy patishapta recipes at home, you need to make a pitha batter with maida(all-purpose flour) and suji(semolina). You can simply replace the rice flour with sooji, as sooji will only add a little crunch to rice flour, whereas maida will keep it soft. The suji & maida ratio will be completely the same as the rice flour & maida ratio I used in this recipe. Sujir patisapta is also delicious and super soft.

Method 4: Maida made soft simple patishapta pitha:

Though people also simply make this crepe with only maida, that makes it soft but neither get the close taste nor a texture of the original patisapta. Even that maida-made crepe is quite close to “moida’r golaruti”(maida-based homemade soft savory pancake).

After long years in Bangalore, we never forget our origin, not even our Bengali tradition. So every year we celebrate poush parbon (or Makar Sankranti) festival at home by making our favorite bengali pitha like patisapta, dudh puli, bhaja pitha, Gokul pithe, chitoi pitha, and many more recipes. Among those recipes, patishapta is one of the favorite pithe of my entire family even my kid loves it too. Today I was making our bengali patisapta pitha recipe, thought of my next blog post, for the upcoming bengali poush parbon festival. I hope you all like it.

Try this patisapta pitha at home and write down your valuable feedback about this recipe in the comment section below.

Can also make Sujir Patishapta Pitha recipe with kheer filling without much effort.

Patishapta Pitha recipe video in Bengali

kheer narkel nolen gurer Bengali patishapta pitha(pithe) recipe step by step

Prep time: 25 mins

Cooking time: 30 mins

Served in: 55 mins

No. of servings: 7 

Course: sweet or dessert

Cuisine: Bengali 

Author: Moumita Paul

Ingredients

1 cup=250 ml

For making batter

• 1/2 cup of Rice flour/ Chaler Guro
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1 cup of Maida or plain flour
• 1 cup Milk or dudh
• 4 tbsp crushed Patali gur or sugar(optional)

For making filling

• 1 cup grated Coconut/ Narkel kora
• 3/4 cup crushed Patali gur/ nolen gur/ khejur gur
• 1/2 cup Khoya kheer/mawa(in hindi)/Milkpowder/Malai
• 3 tbsp Ghee
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder/ elach guro

Instruction

How to make patishapta pitha step by step with pictures

Preparation of patishapta’s batter

• First, take 1/2 cup of rice flour(homemade/store bought) in a bowl and mix it with 1/2 cup of water.
• Stir the mixture for 2-3 mins to mix it well.

• Then mix 1/2 cup of milk with the rice flour mixture and stir it continuously to make a thin lump-free batter.
• Cover it and leave it for 15 mins

• After 15 mins of soaking, start to add 1 cup of maida or flour with this mixture in 2-3 batches.

• At this moment take 1/2 cup of more milk and start adding to the mixture until making a perfect batter with soaked rice flour and 1 cup of maida.
• Don’t stop stirring the batter in this stage as we need a smooth perfect batter(without any lump).

• The Batter should not be too runny or too thick, the consistency of this batter must be medium.

• Here I’ve divided the batter into two bowls, in one bowl I’ve added 2 tbsp of nolen gur or patali gur and stirred it well till the gur melts down. On the other bowl, I didn’t add anything.

• If you want to make the whole batter sweet, then add 4 tbsp gur or sugar to it and mix it well.
• Our pitha batter gets ready, now cover the two bowls for using it later.

Making of patishapta’s coconut stuffing

• Place a  pan on medium heat, add 2-3 tbsp ghee, then add 1 cup of grated coconut( narkel kora) to it. Sauté it for 1-2 mins.

• Then add 3/4 cup of crushed or grated patali gur or khejur gur to it. Mix it well.
• Cook this coconut, jaggery mixture in ghee until the gur almost melts down.

• When the gur melts down then immediately add 1/2 cup of grated khoya kheer/Mawa to it and mix it nicely.
• Continuously stir the mixture. Instead of khoya, you may add dudher shor or malai too.

• When all ingredients are mixed with each other, then add 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder to the mixture. Mix well.

• This filling must not be dry, which means moisture should remain, so don’t cook it much, just do it as shown in the pic. Then turn off the heat. Pithe filling is ready.

Making of Patishapta Pitha’s Soft Pancake

• Take a tawa or skillet, make it hot, and brush little ghee in it. Remove excess ghee with a paper towel. As shown in the pic.

• Use a round shape ladle to put the batter on the skillet and then start moving the ladle in a circular way to make a round-shaped pancake with it.

• After getting your desired shape of a pancake, let it cook.
• When the bubbles start appearing on the pancake and it starts to get dry.
• Then place the filling on the right side of the pancake and start to roll it out with the help of a spatula.

• After rolling out, brush the pancake with ghee(both sides) and little fry it from both sides for a maximum of 30-40 secs.

• Patishapta is ready, serve it hot or when it comes to room temperature with nolen gur or khejur gur.

Tips about this recipe

• You may use more or less gur in this recipe as per your requirement.
• If you feel the patisapta’s batter doesn’t reach your desired consistency, may mix 1-2 tbsp more milk for the best result. Do not use more than that.
• Water and milk should be at room temperature, don’t use hot water or hot milk for making the batter of this pithe.
• Maida or all purpose flour is a must-used ingredient of this batter as only rice flour will make the crepe too hard. Even it can get the crepe damaged while folding.
• Even you may use mashed apple or carrot(gajar)and atta instead of maida in this patisapta’s batter. That will make this recipe more healthy for your kid’s morning breakfast.
• Though originally patisapta’s stuffing is prepared with narkel kora(grated coconut) and gur(jaggery) mixture. Addition of khoya kheer just to make this filling more delicious. Instead of khoya kheer/Mawa, powdered milk or whole milk or condensed milk or malai or even dudh er shor also can be the best options to use with the perfect mixing of coconut-date palm jaggery filling. Though you can use desiccated coconut instead fresh one.