As I'm celebrating "Poush Sankranti" or "Makar Sankranti" on my blog so my posts are revolving around "Pithe". Let me just give you an idea of what this festival is all about, so basically its a major harvesting festival which is celebrated in many parts of India. As India is a very diversified country, this festival is celebrated in many regions but with different names:
Assam==> Bhogali Bihu
Andhra Pradesh==> Makara Sankranti
Bihar, UP and Rajasthan==> Sankrat
Gujarat==> Uttrayan
Goa and Maharashtra==> Makar Sankranti
Himachal Pradesh==> Magha Saaji
Karnataka==> Suggi
Kerala==> Pongal
Punjab==> Maghi
Tamil Nadu==> Pongal
Goa and Maharashtra==> Sankrant
Goa and Maharashtra==> Sankrant
West Bengal==> Poush Sankranti
I believe it really doesn't matter how a same festival is being celebrated in different regions, but what counts is same level of happiness that it brings along.
We Bengalis celebrate it with "Pithe-Payesh". For those who don't know what is "Pithe" so let me introduce it to you its basically a type of cake or dimsum common in the Eastern India and Bangladesh. They are made up of rice flour or wheat flour batter (or dough), stuffed with sweet or savory ingredients and then cooked and "Payesh" is rice pudding which is made with "Nolen Gur" (date palm jaggery) available only this time of the year.
To keep the spirit up of this festival I chose a very unique dessert called "Golap Pithe". It involves not only "Cooking" but "Crafting" too and when these two combine they give a recipe which pleases your mind aesthetically.
So let's begin:
