Aplenty Indian Sweet Dry Agra Petha

The renowned city of Agra is known for its Mughal architecture, but tourists with a sweet tooth would agree that a trip to Agra is incomplete without digging into the delicious Petha that is almost omnipresent in the city! If there is anything that comes close to the popularity of Taj Mahal from Agra, it is the delicious and popular Agra Ka Petha, a popular Indian sweet from the state. It is translucent looking, soft, chewy and candy-like, eaten dry or dipped in sugar syrup (chashni). Petha is known to be made from ash gourd vegetable, also known as winter melon or white pumpkin. Petha is of rectangular or cylindrical shape and loved by kids and adults alike Petha is generally made by cutting ash gourd into cubes, soaking in lime, boiling, and coating in a flavoured sugar syrup.

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• Today, the petha is still made the traditional way i.e from white pumpkin or ash gourd that is peeled, de-seeded and then boiled in rose-flavoured sugar syrup (a process called josh lena).
• We assure to serve the best quality products produced using the most modern technology to suit the contemporary taste of Indians.
• Soft, chewy cubes of candied winter melon, straight from the land of Taj Mahal! This fruity, sugary confection is a guaranteed hit with the young and old alike. Treat your guests and loved ones to something extra special with our Agra Taj Pethas
• Petha is made from the ash gourd (also known as the white pumpkin), a crop with pale-green skin and white, heavily-seeded, savory flesh
• Also, Petha is good for health and has medicinal properties. Besides, it provides power to the body and cures blood disorder as well as cleans the stomach. Petha is like nectar for a mental illness or a weakness of memory.