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Agradwip chick jilipi in East Burdwan district is very popular and known as chick jilipi.
Cutting: Strange Bengali Yoga Sutras with Sweets. And the place of Rasgolla in the history of this Bengali sweet does not wait to be told. For many non-Bengalis, whatever the Bengali food list starts with, the last leaf is sweet. Sweets made in Bengal have a special place due to their taste and tradition. Even if there are Bengali children who do not like sweets, that number is very few.
Different types of sweets are made in Bengal. A variety of sweets of each place is especially famous and popular. Similarly, one of the jilipis made by chicks in Agradwip in East Burdwan district is known as chick jilipis. This sweet was first introduced in Agradwip hundreds of years ago by the Modak family, which is still being made from generation to generation.
In this context, sweet merchant Swapan Modak Malik said, “This shop of ours is the first shop in Agradwip. Now there are four or five shops, that is a different matter, but this shop of mine is the oldest. It is as old as the Gupinath temple.” He claims, “Chicken jillipi has been made for generations. Baba Madan Mohan Modak’s handmade jillipi has reached America. Apart from this, the shop’s chicken jillipi has crossed Delhi.”
This famous chick from Agradwip in East Burdwan has gone abroad. Apart from this, the taste of Jilipi of this chicken from Agradwip has reached Delhi, Surat, Jaipur, Bombay and other places. Swapan Modak said, ‘It takes about two hours to make one kg of chicken jelly. Chickpeas, small amount of flour, sugar (for juice) are used to make chickpea jelly.
Chicken Jilipi is still being made in Agradwip in the tradition. However, the price of this very popular sweet i.e. chicken jelly is only five rupees today. Still many people come from far and wide to taste this popular chick jilipi of Agradwip in East Burdwan district.
Bonoarilal Chowdhury
Kolkata, West Bengal
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