Sweets of Kolkatta

Kolkatta once the city of Britishers, today the reminder of the yesteryears. The streets. Buildings, coffee shops, book streets, government buildings, wherever you look all of them remind of the Colonial rule. But there is something which still talks about the Culture of Kolkatta – the sweets of Kolkatta.

Bengali sweets have a name of their own, the perfect mix of sugar and various ingredients which make them mouthwatering. Where else would you find such taste? From the best sweet shops of Kolkatta come out the best of the taste, simply melting down in the taste buds.

Lined up inside the glass of the sweet shop, dipped in various colors, shaped in the form of fruits and flowers, these are the perfect things you get to eat when you are tired and totally exhausted. And some of them are the most delicious and famous of all – rasmalai, sandesh, kheer barfi, sandesh roll, kheer sandesh, special laddu, gulab jamun, sandesh barfi are just some of the most famous ones.

In the long and chequered 300 years old history, the City of Joy has charmed its visitors with the best of tastes. To sample the famous Kolkatta sweets ( which has most of the varieties), you must visit the Dalhousie Square which has a number of sweet shops to taste from. The range is simply overwhelming.

There are other sweets like Misti Doi, Kheer Kodom, Chumchum, Rosogulla Payesh, Kheer Kodom, Rabri which top the list of the famous sweets of Kolkatta. Lotus Sandesh and large sized Chitrakut are some of the most liked ones.

Kolkatalites are thought of having a sweet tooth since birth and this also true to some extent. Most of the Bengalis are fond of sweets. But of all the sweets which are made in Kolkatta, its the Sandesh which tops all of them. Maybe this is the reason why Sandesh is made in a number of flavors. The common ones are pineapple sandesh, black current sandesh, butterscotch sandesh.

So next time you are in Kolkatta don't forget to savor some of the most famous sweets of Bengal...