Roshkodom

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Roshkodom (Bengali : রসকদম) or raskadam is a sweet from the Indian subcontinent. A specialty of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, roshkodom are essentially curd balls coated with large white beads of sugar.^[1]

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References

↑ van Schendel, Willem (2020). A History of Bangladesh. Cambridge University Press. p. 323. The increasing wealth of Bangladesh's middle classes in the late twentieth century lay at the basis of a remarkable development of the sweets sector...after a trip to another town you are expected to return with that locality's particular sweet...Rajshahi glories in its roshkodom (raskadam; curd balls covered with large white beads of sugar)...

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[1] van Schendel, Willem (2020). A History of Bangladesh. Cambridge University Press. p. 323. The increasing wealth of Bangladesh's middle classes in the late twentieth century lay at the basis of a remarkable development of the sweets sector...after a trip to another town you are expected to return with that locality's particular sweet...Rajshahi glories in its roshkodom (raskadam; curd balls covered with large white beads of sugar)...

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