The Essence of Bengal’s Ethnic Sweetmeats: An Exploratory Journey through History, Tradition, and Culture

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Pulse-based Bengali ethnic sweetmeats. (a) Mecha Sandesh: white to pink coloured, sugar-coated sweet, and associated with “Baba Dhormodaser Mela” from 1625–1635; (b) Moog er Jilapi: golden yellow coloured traditional sweet, mostly served during Durga puja, Vaifota, and Vijaya Dashami; (c) White Bonde: white coloured and found only in Kamarpukur, West Bengal, have a characteristics flavour and related with several myths of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836–1886 A.D); (d) Darbesh; (e) Mihidana; golden to orange coloured granular textured product and received geographical indication certificate from Government of India in the year of 2017.

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