Pithe Puli Utsab 2026
- When
- Where
- 1 Daisy Street · Ladera Ranch, CA · 92694Open in Google Maps →
- Entry
- Free to attend
Pithe Puli Utsab is the Bengali winter sweet festival, and Sanhoti brought it to Ladera Ranch, Orange County — the first time it has been held in the county — for an evening built entirely around the food Bengalis grow up waiting for all year.
Pithe are the rice-flour sweets made in Bengali homes around Poush Sankranti — patishapta rolled around coconut and kheer, puli boiled or fried, bhapa pithe steamed with date palm jaggery, and payesh thickened slowly with nolen gur. They take real time and real hands to make, which is exactly why they are worth gathering for.
Sanhoti families cooked and brought their own pithe to share, turning the evening into the kind of community table you cannot recreate in a restaurant. Alongside the food ran music, adda and a relaxed cultural programme.
For Bengali families in Southern California, and for anyone curious about a side of Indian food that rarely appears on a menu here, Pithe Puli Utsab is one of the most distinctive evenings in the Sanhoti calendar. Love at first bite.
Highlights
The Bengali winter sweet festival
An evening built entirely around the sweets Bengalis wait for all year.
Patishapta, bhapa pithe & more
Rice-flour sweets made around Poush Sankranti, sweetened slowly with date palm jaggery (nolen gur).
A community table
Families cooked and brought their own pithe to share — something you can't recreate in a restaurant.
First time in Orange County
Sanhoti brought Pithe Puli Utsab to Ladera Ranch — the first time it has been held in the county.
Food & menu
Traditional Bengali winter sweets, made by hand and shared across the community.
Pithe & Sweets
Veg
- Patishapta
- Bhapa pithe
- Puli
- Nolen gur payesh
Common questions
- What is Pithe Puli?
- Pithe and puli are traditional Bengali rice-flour sweets made around Poush Sankranti in winter — including patishapta, bhapa pithe and puli, usually sweetened with date palm jaggery (nolen gur).
- Where can I find Bengali sweets in Orange County?
- Sanhoti serves traditional Bengali sweets at its festivals across Orange County, including the Pithe Puli Utsab in winter and payesh, rosogolla and mishti doi at Durga Puja.
- Is the event open to everyone?
- Yes — Sanhoti events are open to Bengali, Indian and non-Indian families across Orange County and Southern California.