Two Local Sweetmeats of Bengal

Besides photographing the sights, searching out and eating local specialties is another fav activity of mine at any tourist destination. Tarapith has a mouth watering delicacy, the ‘langcha’ for which one must pause. These are made of cottage cheese, the dough of it rolled to desired shape and length, deep fried in oil and left soaking in sugar syrup. The specialty of Tarapith langcha is its