Aita ( Granny) and Jethais ( Aunts) used to cook many dishes and sweets which I hardly see in modern kitchen of Assam. I am trying to collect all those forgotten recipes and keeping them safe in my blog. Here is my first post on forgotten recipe of Assam.
Anguli Pitha.
Anguli in Assamese means finger, and these pithas are shaped as fingers , hence the name "Anguli Pitha". This is a savory pitha but you can cook in variation and serve it as accompaniment .
Recipe
Ingredients|
Rice flour - 2 cups
Refined oil to knead the dough and shallow fry the pithas
Salt - as per your taste
Nigella seeds or Kaljeera- a pinch
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Whole Red chilli - 2-3
Method
Mix nigella seeds, salt and little bit of oil to the rice flour and knead it into a dough. Boil water in a deep pan . Take little dough and roll them into your palm as finger shape. (Anguli in assamse means finger, hence little finger shape). Drop rolled finger shaped rice dough into the boiling water and boil them for few minutes. Take the pithas out and let them cool down. Now heat little bit of oil in a pan and add whole red chillies and cumin seeds , Saute the pithas till its slightly crisp from outside. Serve them with Lal Saah . ( Laal Saah is tea without milk and people in Assam prefer their tea without milk ) .
*For the variation, you can fry them along with sliced onions and veggies like bell peppers and brocolli.
Anguli Pitha.
Anguli in Assamese means finger, and these pithas are shaped as fingers , hence the name "Anguli Pitha". This is a savory pitha but you can cook in variation and serve it as accompaniment .
Recipe
Ingredients|
Rice flour - 2 cups
Refined oil to knead the dough and shallow fry the pithas
Salt - as per your taste
Nigella seeds or Kaljeera- a pinch
Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
Whole Red chilli - 2-3
Method
Mix nigella seeds, salt and little bit of oil to the rice flour and knead it into a dough. Boil water in a deep pan . Take little dough and roll them into your palm as finger shape. (Anguli in assamse means finger, hence little finger shape). Drop rolled finger shaped rice dough into the boiling water and boil them for few minutes. Take the pithas out and let them cool down. Now heat little bit of oil in a pan and add whole red chillies and cumin seeds , Saute the pithas till its slightly crisp from outside. Serve them with Lal Saah . ( Laal Saah is tea without milk and people in Assam prefer their tea without milk ) .
*For the variation, you can fry them along with sliced onions and veggies like bell peppers and brocolli.
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