Traditional Bengali Sweets

Hi friends! I thought it was getting a bit boring here with all the recipes...was it?  So dears I decided to treat you all with some sweets from Burdwan, a historical place near West Bengal. Recently  some colleague of mine sent these to me and I wanted to share with you these delicious treats with you all through my blog...

These unique sweets are so yummy that you always keep wanting to eat more once you taste them. They are called "SITA-BHOG" & "CHANDRAPULI ... The one that looks like basmati rice and kidney beans is SitaBhog and the half moon shaped sweet is chandrapuli made out of coconut. I had no idea why the name is related to Sita (Hindu goddess)....let's imagine may be when Ram,Sita & Lakshman were exiled for 14 yrs to the forest, plenty of coconut was available and Sita Mata prepared these sweets and Lord Rama and Lakhsman must have loved these..... By the way this is just my imagination. (hehehe) *^_^*

The actual thing...as seen in google:

• Sitabhog and Mihidana are two famous sweets of Burdwan, in the state of West Bengal (also called bardhaman) introduced first in honor of the Raj family. Shaktigarh's Langcha is another local specialty for Shaktigarh In Eastern Part of Burdwan City (courtesy +Wikipedia)
• It is also considered Goddess Sita's favorite food. Hence the name :-)
• Traditionally Chandrapuli was shaped like the moon and chandra in Bengali means the moon. However, these days they come in all shapes. You make it round or shape it like a half moon.  

This is how they look~ Enjoy~

                                    

If you all have patience to make these sweets I have given links to some blogs below: 

Sita Bhog-

http://www.riyatreat.blog spot.in/2009/08/sita-bhog.html

Chandrapuli-

http://www.colorandspices.com/2012/10/sindur-khelakolakulisubho-bijoyar.html