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Sitabhog Milk based

Sitabhog is yet another sweet dish from bengal having a mass appeal all over India. Sitabhog of Burdwan in West Bengal is the mos famous although it is now available all over India. Burdwan is also famous for another sweet, the mihidana.

Mihidana and sitabhog of burdwan are very famous bengali sweets. Any tourist visiting burdwan is bong to taste the sitabhog. Its exquisite taste makes people longing for more. Burdwan is also famous for is historical buildings and unique architecture.

Sitabhog gives the resemblance rice or seviaan served with gulab jamuns. It is made of chenna, rice flour and sugar. The batter is then passed through a sieve so that the tiny threads drop into a sugar syrup. It may be mixed with spices like bay leaf and cloves, which enhance the flavor of the dish. The dish has a sweet delicate taste and makes a great dessert.

There have been ground breaking research in Jadhavpur university, to make the exquisite sitabhog of Burdwan less perishable. To the delight of the sweetmeat retailers in Burdwan, the scientists have come up with a special starch, which when mixed with the dish, will enhance its shelf life. The shelf life of the dish, till now being one day at the most, posed a great problem to the manufacturers for transporting the sweet to other parts of India and abroad.

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