Saturday 14 July 2018

Malpua - Bihar’s Dish


✎ Malpua was eaten by Arya of Vedic period and its one preparation was sweet cake called apupa and also malpua preserves both the name.
✎ Malpua is a pancake served as a dessert or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India, Nepal, Bihar and Bangladesh. In Northern India particularly in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan it does not contain fruit.
✎ Pua/Malpua is a traditional Bihari dessert that is relished particularly during Holi.
Malpua are delicious when eaten hot and you can keep the batter in the fridge and fry them fresh whenever you want to eat it.
✎ The batter for malpua in some areas is prepared by crushing ripe bananas or coconut, adding flour, and water or milk. The mixture is sometimes delicately seasoned with cardamoms.
✎ The Bihari version of this dish has sugar added to the batter prior to frying.

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