Doodh Puli Pithe - A Bengali delicacy

Doodh Puli Pithe

Ingredients:

• Rice powder               – 1 cup
• Maida                            – 2 tbl spoon
• Milkmaid                     – ½ can 
• Grated Coconut        – 1 cup
• Milk                               – 1 ½ litres
• Cardamom powder – 1 tea spoon
• Raisins                          – 20
• Cashew Nuts              – 15
• Sugar                             – ½ cup

Preparation:

Filling:

• Mix the grated coconut and milkmaid condensed milk. Heat the mixture till it thickens to a nice consistency to act as a filling. Add half tblspoon of cardamom powder and remove from heat.

Dough:

• Dry roast the rice powder for around 5 minutes in a pan.
• Heat water. Add the rice powder and maida in it and knead well to make a nice dough.

      

     Puli:

• Make small balls from the dough. Spread the balls by using hand and stuff the coconut filling into it. Fold it and seal the edges by pressing hard. You can give a design of your choice to the edges.

• Heat milk in a heavy bottomed pan till it reduces to half.
• Add raisins, cashew nuts and sugar in it. Add the remaining cardamom powder.
• Add the pulis to the milk and cover it with a lid and cook for around 15 minutes.
• Take it out in a bowl and serve cold.