Rajneesh Yadav / Prayagraj: Loknath ki Gali situated in Prayagraj is famous all over the country due to its special sweets. This street is also giving protection to the special heritage that contains the antiquity of Prayagraj. Apart from sweets, spices, thandai and everything related to Ayurveda is available in this street. If seen, Loknath ki Gali is the main commercial center of Prayagraj. From where food and other things are supplied to the entire Prayagraj. The famous dishes of this street are egg sweets prepared with butter and watermelon sweets prepared with butter.
The sweet, which looks like egg prepared with butter and watermelon, is prepared in a special way. Birju Yadav, shopkeeper of Shri Radhe Sweets, tells that butter is prepared before milk. To harden the butter, powdered sugar, saffron etc. are added to it. After this, it is made like an egg and yellow colored khoya is put in the middle of it. Then it is cut and saffron and powdered sugar is sprinkled on top of it. Similarly, a sweet that looks like watermelon is made from butter.
who prepares
Women play the biggest role in preparing these special sweets. Women work hard all night to make sweets. This sweet is more popular in the cold season. The demand for this sweet is highest till Holi. Birju Yadav tells that even today people living outside Prayagraj get the sweets packed and taken away. This sweet is in demand even in Australia and New Zealand.
what is its price
Egg and watermelon sweets prepared with butter are a little more expensive than other sweets. While butter eggs cost Rs 500 per kg, watermelon sweets prepared with butter cost Rs 800 per kg. Due to the larger size of the watermelon, more khoya is added to it. Due to which its price is higher. It requires more quantity of khoya. Due to which its price also increases.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024, 15:38 IST
