# The best sweets of Bengal and East India

Rasgulla, sandesh, mishti doi, chhena poda and cham cham: the chhena-based sweets of Bengal and Odisha.

- 80 votes · 22 items
- Feb 19, 2019 · Ankit Desai
- https://even.best/en/l/3840/the-best-sweets-of-bengal-and-east-india

## Top 22

1. **Mishti doi** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Sweet yoghurt set with jaggery.
2. **Chhena poda** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Odisha's baked, caramelised cheese sweet.
3. **Sarpuria** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Layered cream and khoa sweet from Krishnanagar.
4. **Malpua** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Fried sweet pancakes.
5. **Cham cham** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Oval chhena sweet with coconut flakes.
6. **Chhena jhili** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Fried chhena sweet from Odisha.
7. **Kheer sagar** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Chhena balls in saffron-scented milk.
8. **Rabri** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Thickened sweetened milk.
9. **Rasgulla** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Spongy chhena balls in sugar syrup.
10. **Ledikeni** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Named after Lady Canning, a fried chhena sweet.
11. **Mihidana** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Tiny besan droplets in syrup, from Bardhaman.
12. **Pantua** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Fried chhena balls in syrup.
13. **Rasabali** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Odisha's fried chhena patties in thickened milk.
14. **Jolbhora Sandesh** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Sandesh filled with date palm jaggery syrup.
15. **Jaynagarer Moa** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Puffed rice balls with date palm jaggery.
16. **Sandesh** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Fresh chhena kneaded with sugar or molasses.
17. **Lyangcha** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Long fried sweet soaked in syrup.
18. **Labanga latika** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Pastry parcels sealed with a clove.
19. **Ras malai** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Chhena discs in reduced milk with pistachio.
20. **Pitha** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Rice-flour cakes, sweet or savoury.
21. **Chandrapuli** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Crescent-shaped coconut and khoa sweet.
22. **Chhena gaja** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Fried chhena squares in syrup from Odisha.

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