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. It is prepared in fried

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. The man who started preparing this sweet was Aarta Sahoo from the Shyam Sundarpur Village of Nimapara.

Sample ingredients

* Indian cottage cheese – 400 grams * Sugar – 2 cup * Wheat flour – 2 tsp * Cardamom powder – ½ tsp * Pure Ghee-500 ml These are the generally known ingredients. The actual recipe is a family secret and is being maintained by the successors of the late Aarta Sahoo.

References

Indian desserts Odia cuisine Puri district Cheese dishes {{dessert-stub