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In winter my mother make pathisapta.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 16 Dec 22

In calcutta there is another variety of jaggery or gur comes up in winter called nalin gur. It means new jaggery. that is used by my mother and coconut is used to make a food called pathi sapta. In winter it taste good.

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In Poush parban and makar sankranti bengalies make delicacies of jaggery.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 13 Jan 22

Gur or jaggery is a delicious product of Kolkata and Bengal. On Makar Sankranti and poush parban my mother makes pithe pathi sapta with coconut and jaggery. Sankranti is the last day of month of poush. Punjabies have celebrated...

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Payesh and patishapta during Makar Sankranti.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 14 Jan 17

In India on 14th January, Makar Sankranti is celebrated all over the country. It is festival of rice harvest and harvest of other crops during winter. Payesh is made of rice and milk and gur, and patishapta is made with coconuts,...

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