Tag: bengali sweet

Ranga Aloo-r Pantua: Sweet Potato Dumplings in Syrup and a Giveaway

Ranga Aloo-r Pantua: Sweet Potato Dumplings in Syrup and a Giveaway

    The giveaway is now closed. April brings showers, but in my heart, April also brings in sweet nostalgia of Poila Boishak or Bengali New Year. The smell of new clothes, the rolled calendars that the shopkeepers hand out as it marks the beginning 

Roshogolla/Rasgulla

Roshogolla/Rasgulla

    Roshogolla/Rasgulla needs to no introduction. I am sure most Indians are familiar with these lyrical, spongy balls of homemade cheese, simmered in and drunk with light sugar syrup. The story of the eastern regions of India is quite incomplete without this quintessential dessert and anyone can tune in to the “Ro-sho-gol-la” quite 

Sandesh

Sandesh

“Shondesh” is what it is called in West Bengal, “Sandesh” it is elsewhere, & Cheese Fudge is the closest translation I can come up with. “It’s dry yet moist in sweetness. It won’t exactly melt in your mouth but its sweet aftertaste lures your taste