Varanasi’s famous ‘Palang Tod’ sweet is a treasure of taste and health, which is available only for 3 months in a year. This sweet made of milk cream, saffron and dry fruits is prepared in 12 hours and is sold within a few minutes.
Varanasi’s fasam palang tod sweets, health – treasure of taste, available only for three months in a year
Varanasi: Along with its art culture and spirituality, Banaras has also created a distinct identity in the world for its street food and sweets. Today we will tell you about a special sweet of Banaras. Which makes it special not only in taste but also in name. This is available only for three months in a year. People wait the whole year to taste it. This sweet is said to be hundreds of years old but with time it has been changed and given a modern form. Which is known as Palang Tod Mithai, which is very famous.
Breaking the bed and making sweets is equivalent to doing penance.
Breaking the bed feels as special as eating sweets. It is that difficult to make it. It can be said that this is equivalent to doing a penance. Bhairo Sardar, who makes Palang Tod sweets, tells that for this, milk is cooked in the stove in the traditional way (Goitha) from 8 in the morning. Neither gas stove nor stove is used in this. It is slowly cooked in the flame of Goitha till 4 pm. After this, a thick layer of milk gets deposited from the milk.
Know the method of making Banaras’ Palang Tod sweet.
Bhairo Sardar further explains that the layer of cream is made from milk at one place. Then it is spread layer by layer in a big plate in the middle of the saffron tip (chutney). It is a task in itself. Then almonds, pistachios, almonds and cashews are added to it. It is installed at this shop around 5:30 pm. goes over. In this way, it takes approximately 12 hours to make Paalang Tod sweets and it is sold within a few hours.
Energy-packed Palang Tod Sweets
This sweet made from milk cream works to boost energy and is beneficial for health in many ways, because it provides calcium, protein and many nutrients in abundance. Ingredients like saffron and almonds have warming nature which is effective in protecting from cold. People like sweets available in winter. That’s why people named it Palang Tod. Which made it world famous due to its taste and name.
Where can you get Palang Todak sweets?
If you are going to visit Varanasi, then if you go inside the streets of Varanasi from Manikarnika Ghat or Thatheri Bazaar, you will find the temple of Lord Parshuram Mahadev. The ancient shop of Bhairo Sardar will be found on a platform there. Bhairav Sardar believes that making Palang Tod sweets in Varanasi was started by his Ho family. Now people have started copying it but they are not able to make it like this.
The seventh generation of this family is making sweets
Bhairav Sardar’s son told that this sweet is being made in our family for many generations. We are the seventh generation, but it was significantly changed by my father 60 years ago. Things like saffron juice, almonds and pistachios are added to it which makes this sweet very special. This shop is set up at 5:30 in the evening and gets sold out within a few minutes. This is a very famous sweet. It is available in winter from December to the end of February.
A customer had to wait for 3 hours to get food
- The devotee who reached Varanasi from West Bengal told that she had heard a lot about Palangtod sweets. I had to wait for 2 – 3 hours to get this sweet. Today was my train so I have packed it. Will eat with family in the train. Looks or feels very tasty and good.
- The young man, resident of Ramnagar, Varanasi, told that he comes here every year during winter to eat sweets. This is the most famous place in Banaras where this sweet is made. It’s so delicious with its name. One has to wait a lot to eat it. (News input- Surendra, Varanasi)