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Puran Poli to Malpua: 6 famous sweets in Maharashtra

Puran Poli is a sweet flat-bread made with flour, gud, chana dal, cardamom powder, nutmeg powder, sugar, and ghee. Here are 6 tasty Maharashtrian sweets.

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Shrikhand

Shrikhand is a Maharashtrian dish which uses strained curd flavoured with saffron and cardamom.

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Basundi

Basundi is a traditional Maharashtrian dessert prepared with reduced milk. For flavouring, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder are used.

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Amrakhand

Amrakhand is a variant of Shrikhand. But this variant does need special mention. It is made using mango puree and strained curd and is perfect for summer.

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Modak

Modak is a stuffed rice flour dumpling with a sweet filling of khoya, nuts and coconut.

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Malpua

Malpua is a pancake dipped in sugar syrup and fried in hot oil garnished with crushed pistachio and elaichi powder.

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