Project Category: Products

Jalebi

Jalebi (Hindi: जलेबी, Urdu: جلیبی‎) is a popular sweet snack in South Asia, Middle East, Africa, and Mauritius. It goes by many names, including jilapi, zelepi, jilebi, jilipi, zulbia, jerry, mushabak, z’labia, zengoula or zalabia. The south Asian variety is made by deep-frying maida flour (plain flour or all-purpose flour) batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked…

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Nakuldana

Mimosa Sugar Balls, also known as Prasad Dana, Gol Dana, Nakul Dana or Tarasari, is a small pea–sized sweet food made up of sugar. It is especially used in Hinduism religious ritual as an offering for the deities. It is popularly used as an offering in temples in Nepal and India. It is generally sold in small packets. It is…

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Gajak

Gajak (also called gazak, til gajak, gur gajak and gachak) is a traditional Indian sweet (Figure 1.3.1) that is highly popular in the Northern and Central parts of India though now is available in other regions. It is a dry sweet mainly made of sesame seeds (til) and sugar/jaggery. The product has a crispy soft texture and melts easily in…

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Batasha

Batasha (also called batasa or batashe) is one of the many traditional candies available in South Asia, particularly in Eastern India (Figure 1.1.1). It is an air- incorporated sugar drop. It is prepared from sucrose (sugar) and/or jaggery; the latter is also called gur, which is prepared by drying sugarcane juice. Occasionally, amixture of both is also used. Batasha made…

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