Arshad Khan/ Dehradun. On the occasion of Holi (Holi 2024), along with enjoying delicious dishes, it is also important to take care of health. Eating fake mawa gujiya can also put the glow of Holi colors in danger, hence today we are sharing ways to identify real and fake khoya, so that you will be able to buy pure mawa from the market. In fact, to adulterate the khoya before festivals like Holi-Diwali, some profiteers add flour, potato, water chestnut flour along with detergent, urea and synthetic milk to the khoya, the consumption of which can cause many health problems. There is a risk of issue.
In such a situation, it is important to know the ways to differentiate between real and fake mawa. You can identify it easily at home. It can be identified with the help of iodine. It can be identified by rubbing it and by making balls out of it.
abundance of adulteration
Talking to Local 18, Prem Singh Khera, a 50-year-old dairy woman businessman from Machhi Bazaar in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, says that adulteration in milk products is often seen on the occasion of festivals. This type of adulteration is most commonly seen in sweets related to khoya. You can identify the real and fake khoya by tasting it. Apart from this, real mawa has stickiness and flexibility. Whereas fake khoya is dry and adulteration can be clearly identified in taste.
Will get a reward of Rs 51000 for proving fake Mawa
Sant Kabir Dairy, located on Ansari Marg, Paltan Bazaar, guarantees purity. Dairy owner Prem Singh Khera says that if any customer or other person proves adulteration in her dairy products, she will give him a reward of Rs 51,000. They have given this reward on most of the milk products and especially on Mawa. If anyone proves it to be fake, then he will be given a cash reward of ₹ 51000. She has maintained the trust among the customers for 50 years because of her purity and she wants to maintain this in future also.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: March 14, 2024, 14:02 IST
