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 Indian sweets are known as 'Mithai'. They rely heavily on sugar, milk and condensed milk and frying, however, the bases of the sweets vary by region. They are more intense and sweeter than western sweets and desserts and quite a bit heavier since they're made mainly in Ghee which is clarified butter.



I got this paragraph from the book 
" THE BOOK OF INDIAN SWEETS " 


Written by a bengali author
 Satarupa Banerjee 





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