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Dheki lives on to make pitha tasty

Remember “dheki chhata chal”? The rice finely threshed in a “dheki”, a heavy wooden pestle that was once popular among rural women in Bangladesh, has made a comeback to give the “puli pitha” (rice cakes) its unique taste for the inhabitants of a village in Rajshahi. This was possible thanks to one Kobuljan Begum. Read the full story here https://youtu.be/T06BjhdMGzY