Description
- sweets
- Pride of Agra
- Good for Festive Season
- Mithai
- Indian Sweet
Kesari Petha is the world famous sweet of Agra, India. It is made by drying pieces of ash gourd in lime water, then cooking these pieces in sugar, which adds to its sweet flavor while acting as a natural preservative. 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-flavored sugar syrup (a process called josh Lena). Still soaked in syrup or dried for longer shelf life.