Vision Blender organized a daylong Pithanondo Utshab on Tuesday to uphold the Bangali pitha-puli culture among the urban people.
Nine contestants won the Pithanondo Prize 2022 by exhibiting their homemade pitha in the contest, reads a press release.
Participants attended the contest through registration and exhibited their pitha in three categories.
The contestants exhibited chitoi, bhapa, puli, patishapta, and pantua pitha in the steam and dry category, dudh puli, dudh chitoi, khejur pitha, khir puli pitha in the juice and wet pitha category, and malpua, narkel, kulshi, and chui pitha in the fried oil category.
It was also arranged to deliver different types of pitha to the visitors at the utshab.
The panel consisted of five members who selected the three winners from each category as first, second, and third.
The judges were culinary experts Rahima Sultana Rita, Kalpana Rahman, Tasnia Rahman, Zebunnesa Begum, and Nutritionist Israt Jahan.
The winners of the first positions received a Vision washing machine, while the second position received a Vision microwave oven.
The 2nd runner up got a Vision Blender.
Suprita Paul, the advisor of Pran-RFL Public School, handed over the prizes to the winners as the chief guest.
Kazi Rashedul Islam, executive director at Vision Electronics, Mahadee Hasan, and Mahabubur Rahman, brand managers, were also present at the program.
Rakib Ahmed, head of marketing at Vision Electronics said: "Pitha-puli is a part of the life and culture of the Bengali people. Generally, people in villages get involved in making various kinds of pitha in the winter season and during the times when fresh paddy comes into the house and is ground into powder by ‘dheki’. With the assistance of a blender, our city’s female family members are now also making various pitha in the house. Fresh rice can be broken down into powder easily through the Vision Blender, and our blender can be able to prepare rice into 20 kinds of powder for making pitha. As a result, the blender makes life easier.”