5/5 Harsh K. 2 years ago on Google • 65 reviews
The
milk
cake
from
Alwar
has
spawned
such
a
huge
industry
that
today
there
are
over
5,000
persons
associated
with
it
and
more
than
200
shops
that
sell
it.
Call
it
Alwar
Kalakand,
Alwar
ka
Mawa
or
Alwar
ka
Milk
cake
and
it
tastes
just
as
delicious.
It
comes
as
a
surprise
that
Alwar
in
Rajasthan
is
so
popular
for
a
milk-based
sweet.
I
am
promptly
told,
“Alwar
is
a
milk-surplus
area.”
The
picturesque
little
town
nestled
in
the
foothills
of
the
Aravalli
Ranges
does
seem
greener
than
the
other
parts
of
the
State.
There
are
plenty
of
shops
that
sell
Kalakand;
Nandu
Milk
Cake
Centre,
Sudhama
Milk
Cake,
Mansingh
Kripaldayal
Sweets,
Sanjay
Sweet
House,
Deendayal
Aggarwal
&
Sons.
Baba
Thakur
Dasji
came
to
India
from
Pakistan,
after
the
Partition.
He
was
a
halwai
(sweet
maker)
in
Dera
Ismail
Khan
Gaon
in
Pakistan
and,
when
he
reached
India,
he
was
sent
to
Alwar.
Milk
cakes
also
called
dodha
barfi
or
palang
tor
is
a
popular
item
in
Punjab
and
possibly
it
was
made
by
him
in
Pakistan
also.
The
sweet
became
famous
and
the
area
came
to
be
called
Kalakand
Market
as
it
was
available
only
there.
The
market
today
sells
clothes
and
knick
knacks
also.
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