Delicacies of uttrakhand

Eating habit of people differs from place to place, according to the availability of the food. Malbar coast is known for it's spices, southern region of india for coconut and much more. There are some beautiful dishes of uttrakhand that everyone must know &in today's topic we will cover the same.

1. Bal mithai

Bal mithai is the local chocolate of uttrakhand, this sweet is made by roasting khoya for long time. When the sweet is cooled, it's cut into pieces and covered with sugar ballas

2. Arsa

Arsa is a sweet prepared in uttrakhand, mainly in wedding. The common ingredients used are gur rice and mustard oil. Arsa resembles thick puri but the ingredients are totally different.

3. Singori

Ice cream cone shaped sweet khoya covered with maalu leaves. Taste is identical to kalakand.

4. jhangore ki kheer

Jhangore ki kheer is uttrakhandi version of rice kheer it is sweet pudding made with sweetened milk & wild millet. Wid millet is.used as it is mainly available in uttrakhand.

5. rot/rotana

This dish is prepared with wheat and sugar syrup, mainly prepared in events like pooja, diwali marriage etc in uttrakhand.

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