Cakes galore
Photo: Sazzad Ibne Sayed
Butthis season, many might argue, is not the most comfortable of all. We have a hard time battling the cold chills. Nevertheless, we cherish this time for at least one reason: winter is the time to have delectable pithas.
The strong incentive to get out of your blanket in a cold morning is to relish in the sweet, steaming ‘bhapa pitha’. Of course, the menu is not restricted to ‘bhapa pitha’ only. Another savoury is the simple ‘chithoi pitha’. But don’t underestimate it for its simplicity. Dip slices of it in date palm juice (‘khejurer rosh’) and then put it in your mouth – you’ll be transferred in seventh heaven. Or have it with spicy ‘bhortas’.
The list of rice cakes is rather long. But bhapa pitha and chitoi pitha seem to be omnipresent in every household and on every street corner.
On a bitter-cold, foggy winter evening, have a few pithas with friends on the tiny street-side shops, where the vendors sit with the whole arrangement -- from stoves to plates to bhortas on the side.
Don’t let this winter pass without sinking your teeth on the delicacies it has to offer.
