Dudh Rosho Puli Pithe: Recipe with Step-by-Step Pictures

Today’s post is something very special and very close to my heart.

As many of you know, I was supposed to post back-to-back Pithe and Puli recipes for our newly introduced Poush Parbon section, but some urgent matter at work kept me over-occupied and overwhelmed. I wasn’t getting time to cook or shoot pictures and without Maa being around, it was worse. But little do we know what goes inside our mothers’ heads.
Today morning, while I was snowed under with work, my phone beeped. I ignored, but then had to check because of the continuous notifications I was getting. It was Maa, sending me pictures of Pithe that she made, followed by a voice note of the recipe.

In this hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often miss noticing the quiet sacrifices and unwavering support our parents bestow us with. It becomes so easy to take for granted their constant efforts, like the steady heartbeat rhythm that we rarely acknowledge until we truly listen for it. Maa making pithe-puli, photographing them, and sharing them with you for your social media is a poignant example of the infinite love and boundless support and dedication that parents pour into their children, even when they struggle with clicking the perfect pictures, even when they don’t understand the hows and whats of social media, even when they're far away from the comfort of home and don’t have adequate equipment with her. Maa knew that I was planning this Pithe Parbon series, which needed both time and effort; and rather than having me juggle it with the sudden demands of work life, she stepped in, like always. Not only did she make the pithes, but also meticulously plated and photographed them, knowing the importance of visual content in today's digital world, and offered them to me, ready-made for my blog. Ahh!! The subtle ways in which they nurture our physical and emotional well-being, without ever wanting anything in return.  

Right now, I am so overwhelmed by Maa’s act of love, that I can go on and on. But I would not waste your time further and instead would like to take you straight to today’s yumminess. Today’s recipe is another family favorite. Dudhe Rosho-Puli or RoshoBori, that’s what we call them. You are free to name it with something else that you like. We are open to suggestions.

If you do not already know, Dudh Rosho Puli Pithe is a Bengali sweet dish, where soft and juicy rice flour and sooji dumplings dance in sweet sugar syrup. I love it, but what I love even more is when Maa adds the delightful twist: the super yummy filling. Just imagine, instead of the classic hollow shell, each delicate puli or bora holds a yummy surprise inside. It can be a subtly “cardamoned” sweet humble coconut and jaggery mixture, or a rich-creamy khoya filling, first softening into the warm milk bath and then melting into your mouth. Adding layers of texture and flavor, this simple twist to the traditional recipe transforms the Rosh Bora into an even more satisfying treat.

So let us see what we would need to nail the recipe…

INGREDIENTS:

Sooji

Milk

Grated Coconut

Jaggery/Sugar

Oil to fry

 

PROCEDURE

Heat milk in a pan and add sooji and ghee.

Mix everything well and keep stirring until it becomes thick, sticky and forms a lump. Take the mixture out on a plate and knead well. While kneading, you can add a little more ghee so that the dough is smooth and doesn’t crack. 

Now divide the dough into small balls, or lechi as we Bengali fondly call them. Roll out the lechis into small circular discs. Or you can roll out the dough as you would do while rolling chapatis and then take any bottle cap, and cut in circles.

Now take the coconut jaggery mix and place it at the center of one dough disc. Cover it with another flat dough circle. Seal the ends carefully by gently pressing down with your fingertips.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the UFOs till they turn golden brown.

While the pulis are getting tanned, make the jaggery milk by simply mixing jaggery and warm milk. Now take the pulis out and dunk them in the jaggery milk. Bring it to boil and your yumm Dudhe Roshe UFOs, I mean Bori/Puris are ready.

 

This recipe celebrates a delightful departure from tradition that embraces both the familiar and the unexpected. The delicate rice flour exterior gives way to a luscious center, making each bite a journey to remember. Now whenever I have normal no filling RoshoBoris, my heart crave for this recipe. Try it and you’ll know.