Aligarh. Sonpapdi, a sweet that melts in your mouth, is one of the popular sweets in India. You must have tasted this yellow colored sweet on festivals and special occasions. In Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh, the demand for Sonpapdi remains constant for 12 months. For this sweet, in a famous shop in Aligarh, more than one quintal of Sonpapdi is sold everyday. Here you can buy this sweet for Rs.300 per kg.
Rajesh Khandelwal’s sweet shop located at Chiskar Mahal intersection is very famous for this sweet. Sonpapdi made of pure ghee, gram flour and flour is wonderful in taste. Many districts like Agra, Etah, Mathura, Bulandshahr, Kanpur, Jhansi are fond of Khandelwal’s Sonpapdi. Not only this, Sonpapdi is also sent to Bihar, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.
Shop owner Rajesh Khandelwal says that he has been running the sweet shop for the last 40 years. Earlier, his father and grandfather also used to run the same shop. Since then Sonpapdi is one of the best selling sweets in our country. If you also want to place an order for sweets at this shop, you can contact on 7060040777 mobile number or visit the given location.
Flour and gram flour are mixed together and fried in hot ghee in a large and heavy sauce pan on low flame till it becomes golden. It is stirred occasionally while it cools down. On the other hand syrup made of sugar, water and milk is prepared. Put the mixture of gram flour in two and a half thread syrup and stir it well with a fork so that threads start forming. It is taken out in a greased plate and rolled into a thickness of 1 inch. After adding cardamom, pressing it lightly on the palm, when it cools down, cubes are cut.
A customer Mohammad Kamran told that he has been eating Sonpapdi of Khandelwal for many years. It is best in taste as well as in quality. Special care is taken of hygiene here and along with taste, the price is also very reasonable.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : March 18, 2023, 08:34 IST
