Khaja

Description

Another equally tasty and scrumptious food of Bihar snack, Khaja is believed to be a 2000 year old preparation, very similar to the Baklava of Ottoman Empire. The crispy dessert is made from wheat flour, sugar, mawa; deep fried in oil. This unique dessert from Bihar is wafery in texture and yet melts in the mouth.  Another variant is called Belgrami which is made from a milk solids( a form of cheese), sugar and ghee. It is less sweet and is a famous sweatmeat from Udwantnagar, which falls between Arrah and Buxar.