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Though Bengali sweets are particularly known for milk based desserts, sweets like rosh bora hardly makes any statement in the huge array of more complicated and evolved chhena mishti. In my home rosh bora makes its annual appearance mostly during Holi and through the years it has gained a permanence among the wide display of sweet and savory platter.
Rosh bora / drunken lentil fritters for Holi Author: Sukanya Ghosh Recipe type: Dessert Cuisine: Indian
Urad dal (split) / Black husked lentils : 1 cup Fennel seeds : ½ tsp Cardamom pods (green) : 4-5 Salt : a pinch Sugar / date palm / jaggery : 1 cup Water : 1½ cup Oil for deep frying
Wash and soak the urad dal overnight or atleast 5-6…
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