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Pustakari ( ) is a Nepali candy, which is made from
molasses Molasses () is a viscous substance resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used to sweeten and flavour foods ...
, cooked with ghee and milk, and topped with coconut, dates or nuts. In the Kathmandu Valley, where the
Newar Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisatio ...
confectioners have refined the art of preparing it, it is known in
Nepal Bhasa Newar (), or Newari and known officially in Nepal as Nepal Bhasa, is a Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Newar people, the indigenous inhabitants of Nepal Mandala, which consists of the Kathmandu Valley and surro ...
as 'postikan'.


See also

* List of Nepalese dishes *
Sweets from the Indian subcontinent Mithai (sweets) are the confectionery and desserts of the Indian subcontinent.Nepalese cuisine {{confectionery-stub