IBCO Bhapa Pitha

Bhapa pitha is a type of rice cake mainly from the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, which includes Bangladesh, East India, and Northeast India. Bhapa pitha is considered to be a traditional winter dish in Bangladesh. It is a steamed rice cake made out of freshly ground rice flour.

The Bengali, winter is the season for “pitha-Puli ”. They have at least hundreds of different varieties of pitha. Most of the pithas are either seasonal or occasional. Some are associated with harvest festival (nobanno) in winter while some others are prepared for any special occasion like wedding, eid or puja. Some are crunchy, some are steamed and some are so delightfully soaked in sugar syrup, molasses syrup, milk, or date palm sap. Most of them are sweet, though there are some savory pithas too.