Hina Azmi/ Dehradun. Mango, the king of fruits, is liked by most people. If you are also one of them, then you can eat wonderful mango flavored sweets before the mango season. In fact, in ‘Little India’ Indian Restaurant and Sweets located on Sahastradhara Road in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, you will get mango barfi along with many types of sweets.
Giving information to Local 18, shop owner Dharmesh Kumar said that in the year 1938, his father’s uncle had come to Dehradun from Hapur in Uttar Pradesh. He had started a shop by the name of Neeraj Sweet Shop at Saharanpur Chowk, in which he used to make Jalebi and also serve Puri along with it. People liked the taste of Puri-Jalebi very much. Along with this, on the demand of people, apart from Jalebi, he started making many sweets like Laddus, Barfi, Imarti. After him his father and now Dharmesh and his sons look after this shop.
Mango Barfi became people’s favorite
Dharmesh Kumar told that the Jalebi here is liked so much that people stand in line and buy Jalebi according to the token. Dharmesh has opened his own shop named ‘Little India’ Indian Restaurant and Sweets on Sahastradhara Road, in which he is also offering Mango Barfi with its old taste, which is very much liked.
Kernels are made from almonds
Giving information about Mango Barfi, Dharmesh said that today’s generation is moving away from sweets, so to attract them, he is making mango shaped and flavored barfi, which has been named Mango Barfi. Its special thing is that kernels have also been made inside it. Almonds are added for the kernels. Its price has been kept at Rs 560 per kg. Chole-samosas and many other types of snacks are also available at the shop, which people like. Customer Aadesh Joshi said that he had eaten samosa here for the first time, he liked it so much that he came here again to eat. The quality of the things here is very good.
How to reach ‘Little India’?
If you also want to taste Mango Barfi, then you will have to go to Sahastradhara Road via Survey Chowk of the capital Dehradun, where you will see this shop.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 4, 2024, 13:31 IST
