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The earliest mention of kalakand as a sweet appears in the 19th-century Urdu text Zīnat al-ʿarūs. [3] However, contemporary sources state that kalakand was invented in the Baba Thakur Das & Sons halwai (confectioner) shop in Alwar, Rajasthan in 1947, where it is still sold today. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Pootharekulu (plural) or poothareku (singular) is a popular Indian sweet from the Andhra Pradesh state of south India. [1] The sweet is wrapped in a wafer-thin rice starch layer resembling paper and is stuffed with sugar, dry fruits and nuts. The sweet is popular for festivals, religious occasions and weddings in the Telugu states.
Peda (pronounced) or Pera is an Indian sweet that originated in the city of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India.Traditionally prepared as thick, semi-soft round balls, its main ingredients are khoa, sugar and traditional flavourings including cardamom seeds.
Fried milk balls soaked in sweet syrup, such as rose syrup or honey. [4] Fried, sugar syrup based Imarti: Sugar syrup, lentil flour. Fried, sugar syrup based Jalebi: Dough fried in a coil shape dipped in sugar syrup, often taken with milk, tea, yogurt, or lassi. [5] Fried, sugar syrup based Kaju katli: Cashews, ghee with cardamom and sugar. [6 ...
Etymologically, "sugar candy" derives from late 13th century English (in reference to "crystallized sugar"), from Old French çucre candi (meaning "sugar candy"), and ultimately from Arabic qandi, from Persian qand ("cane sugar"), probably from Sanskrit khanda ("piece of sugar)", The sense gradually broadened (especially in the United States) to mean by the late 19th century "any confection ...
Gulab jamun (also spelled gulaab jamun; lit. ' Rose water berry ' or 'Rose berry') is a sweet confectionary or dessert, originating in the Indian subcontinent, and a type of mithai popular in India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives and Bangladesh, as well as Myanmar.
The term is a combination of the Bengali word Rosh, (Bengali: রস) which means sap, and the Hindustani word Malai, (Hindi: मलाई, Urdu: ملائی) which means clotted cream, hence the name: sweet sap of clotted cream.
Ledikeni (Bengali: লেডিকেনি) or Lady Kenny is a popular Bangladeshi and Indian sweet consumed in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh.It is a light fried reddish-brown sweet ball made of Chhena and flour, soaked in sugar syrup.