It is soft; it is spongy. Melts in your mouth like cotton candy. It is drowned in sugar syrup and when eaten hot, nothing can ever beat its taste.
1. Rasgulla, a sweet dish, originated from Puri.
2. In Indian culture, rasgulla is a symbol of well being.
3. The word ras means syrup and gulla means ball.
4. The term roshogolla as called in Bengali, means stuffing with essence.
5. Rasgulla is mainly made from three things : milk, yeast and sugar. This is the same process everywhere.
6. There are different versions of rasgulla that are famous throughout the country.
7. Rasgulla is one such dish which is uniquely Indian and has exciting origins.
8. In Odisha, there are two variations of rasgulla. One is Salepur Rasgulla and another is Pahala Rasgulla.
9. The original name of rasgulla is khiramohana.
10. The white rasgulla was made in Nabin Das’s kitchen.
11. Rasgulla is making its path to ISROs space mission. ISRO is planning ways to have dehydrated rasgulla to carry to space so that they can eat it as a snack.
12. Rasgulla is a precursor to many Eastern delicacies.
13. 30th July is celebrated as the Rasgulla day or Roshogolla Dibosh.
14. Rasgulla is loved and sold in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan.
15. Nepalese call rasgulla rasbari.
16. Rasgulla is also called syrup filled roll in English.
17. Bengal was given the GI tag for rasgulla as the ‘Banglar Rasgulla ‘.
18. There is a myth which revolves around rasgulla that lord Jagannath moves out of the Puri temple after every 9 years with his brother and sister . Goddess Lakshmi is upset with Lord Jagannath until he offers her rasgulla. This is the very reason why this sweet dish is offered to lord Jagannath on the last day of Rath Yatra.
19. Rasgulla are lighter on your body compared to any other sweet.
20. Rasgulla is one such sweet which is healthy because of it’s key ingredient chhena because its enriched with calcium and protein too.
Conclusion:-
Now you are very much familiar with what rasgulla is and what it means to a food lover!