By Nikita Toppo
Pitha is a quintessential delight of Assam that is made with various delicious and flavourful stuffings. How many of these have you tried?
Prepared with bora rich flour and sesame along with stuffing of jaggery, this cylindrical pithas are the most popular variety in Assam.
These baked pithas are made with rich filling of sesame seeds, grated coconut, dried orange rind and jaggery.
Made with grated coconut and jaggery, this half-moon shaped pitha is very popular during the festival of Bihu.
These tube-shaped pithas are made in young bamboo hollows with banana leaves as lids, bora rice and jaggery are the key ingredients.
These pithas made with rice flour and jaggery are packed inside cloth pockets and steamed in earthen pots.