Mishti doi ( bn, মিষ্টি দই) or Mitha Dahi ( or, ମିଠା ଦହି) is a fermented sweet dahi (yogurt) originating from the

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and is a very popular dessert throughout the country. It is also consumed in the

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and

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, with similar dishes branching off of it such as the Nabadwip-er lal doi of

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. It is made with milk and sugar or

jaggery Jaggery is a traditional non-centrifugal cane sugar consumed in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Africa. It is a concentrated product of cane juice and often date or palm sap without separation of the molasses and crystals, and ...

. It differs from the plain yogurt because of the technique of preparation. There are many variations of ''mishti doi'' according to their popularity. Mishti doi is prepared by boiling milk until it is slightly thickened, sweetening it with sugar, either ''gura'' (brown sugar) or ''khejur gura'' (date molasses), and allowing the milk to ferment overnight. Earthenware is always used as the container for making mishti doi because the gradual evaporation of water through its porous walls not only further thickens the yoghurt, but also produces the right temperature for the growth of the culture. Very often the yoghurt is delicately seasoned with a pinch of

cardamom Cardamom (), sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera '' Elettaria'' and '' Amomum'' in the family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. They ar ...

for fragrance. Baked yogurt is a similar preparation in the west. Before the discovery of miracle drugs of typhoid, wellknown alopathic physicians like Dr. B. C. Roy, Col. Denham White and

Nilratan Sircar Sir Nilratan Sircar M.A. M.D. D.Sc. (1 October 1861 – 18 May 1943) was an Indian doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur. He was awarded honorary DCL by University of Oxford & LL.D by University of Edinburgh. He was a ...

prescribed mishti doi for their patients which helps to accumulate Vitamin Bs.

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Bangladeshi desserts Sweets of West Bengal Bengali desserts Yogurt-based dishes Bengali cuisine {{India-cuisine-stub