Tel Pitha is a famous traditional sweet snack of Assam prepared during the festive occasion of Bihu like Magh Bihu and Bohag Bihu. It is an essential part of the Assamese Bihu Platter. Tel pitha is also prepared as a regular household snack and served with tea. It takes very minimal ingredients. The ingredients present in this authentic dish are rice flour, jaggery, all-purpose flour and oil. First, mix all the ingredients together with some water and deep fry them until there is an appearance of brown colour on it. You can eat it hot or at room temperature. It stays fresh for 2-3 weeks easily in freeze. Tel pitha is also known as Ghila Pitha. ‘Tel’ is an assamese word, which means ‘oil’.
How to make Tel Pitha
- In a mixing bowl, mix 2 cups of rice flour, 2 tsps all-purpose flour, ½ cup melted jaggery, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp baking soda, 1 tsp fennel seeds/saunf, water together very well and make a thick batter, it should not be watery.
- Take a deep pan or kadai and heat enough oil to deep fry.
- Take a deep round spoon and add batter to the oil and fry round pithas from it.
- Fry them well from both sides till they become golden brown.
- serve them with tea.
Assamese Tel Pitha
- Prep Time: 10 MINUTES
- Cook Time: 25 MINUTES
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Cuisine: ASSAMESE
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Ingredients
- 2 cups of rice flour
- 2 tsp maida/all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp fennel seeds/saunf
- ½ cup melted jaggery
- water
- oil to deep fry
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, mix all the ingredients together very well and make a thick batter, it should not be watery.
- Take a deep pan or kadai and heat enough oil to deep fry.
- Take a deep round spoon and add batter to the oil and fry round pithas from it.
- Fry them well from both sides till they become golden brown.
- serve them with tea.
Notes
- You can also add desiccated or fresh coconut to this recipe.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 Pieces
- Calories: 145.1
- Sugar: 0.0 g
- Sodium: 104.8 mg
- Fat: 0.4 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 27.6 g
- Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 2.2 g
Keywords: Pitha
