About Patishapta Recipe / Patishapta pitha / ক্ষীরের পাটিসাপটা: A traditional pancake like recipe, Patishapta is a popular Bengali dessert. The festival of rice harvest in Bengal, 'poush sankranti' is celebrated by relishing the most delicious sweet the bengali cuisine offer- 'pithe', a category of sweets that are prepared using rice along with milk, coconut, date, etc. Patishapta is a type of pithe prepared on such celebratory occasions. It is a quick and easy Indian dessert recipe, made in about 30 minutes, so you can prepare it casually for breakfast or as a snack to serve unannounced guests. You can also pack these in your kid's tiffin.