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Discover the Unique Taste of Baghelkhand Sweet Bundi and Sev
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News18•07-10-2026, 18:21
Discover the Unique Taste of Baghelkhand Sweet Bundi and Sev
- •Sweet bundi is a traditional dish of Baghelkhand, popular across villages and cities for its delicious taste.
- •It is made by frying a thin gram flour batter in ghee or oil and soaking it in flavored sugar syrup.
- •Pawan Chaurasia of Bengal Sweets in Rewa has been preparing this authentic sweet for about 30 years.
- •The sweet is specially made during festivals, auspicious events, and distributed as prasad in Satyanarayan Puja.
- •A unique local tradition pairs sweet bundi with spicy and crispy sev for breakfast, festivals, and evening tea.
Key Questions Answered
Sweet bundi is made by mixing gram flour with water into a thin batter, frying it in hot ghee or oil using a perforated ladle, and soaking the fried bundi in a sugar syrup infused with cardamom and saffron or food coloring for half an hour.
Sweet bundi is available at Bengal Sweets, located in Shilpi Plaza of Rewa city, for ₹200 per kilo.
It is specially prepared during festivals, auspicious events, to welcome guests, and as prasad distributed during Satyanarayan Puja, as well as commonly enjoyed with spicy sev during breakfast or evening tea.
