{"id":1848,"date":"2021-12-28T10:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T10:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tajwithguide.com\/blog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2023-04-11T07:19:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T07:19:37","slug":"agra-petha-history-recipe-and-famous-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tajwithguide.com\/blog\/agra-petha-history-recipe-and-famous-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Agra Petha History, Recipe and Famous Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"

India as a whole and specially North India is very famous for a variety of sweet dishes. The sweet dishes are made of milk, gram and wheat flour. Every 50 kms away you find a typical local sweet dish to taste. During your India tour package<\/a><\/strong> if you are looking for Taj Mahal Tour <\/strong><\/a>and reach Agra do not forget to take Agra Petha.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>What is Petha?<\/h2>\n

Petha sweet is made from Benincasa Hispida which is commonly known as white gourd or ash Pre-gourd or winter gourd. Petha is a sweet dish supposed to originate from Taj Mahal city Agra nearly 90 years ago. With the passage of time Agra Petha has attained universal fame. This is soft candy like sweet dish which is mostly dry or at times dipped in sugar syrup. The main ingredients of Petha are Ash gourd and sugar syrup called chasni. The pieces of this sweet are rectangular or cylindrical in shape Agra Petha is very different to other kind of sweets as it has crispy and juicy flavor and can stored at home in the refrigerator for weeks.\"petha<\/p>\n

\u00a0How Petha is Made?<\/h2>\n

Petha sweet is made from Ash gourd or bitter gourd which is also known in English as winter melon or white pumpkin. This fruit in Hindi is called Kumehra, Making Petha is a tedious job and requires much labour. First of all the Ash gourd fruit is peeled and the seeds and fibrous parts are removed and it is cut in to large slices. Later it is pricked well and slaked is applied to pieces. Later they are washed and this process is again repeated with the lime to take the bitterness out. After proper washing the large pieces are cut in to small size and they are squeezed to remove the lime. Now these pieces are put in boiling water and cooked to gain softness. Now the sugar syrup is made while the pan is put on low heat. Thus the sugar is dissolved. Later the cooked Ash gourd pieces are applied with sugar syrup. And same additions like rose water are mixed. Later it is put to cool down. Thus Petha becomes ready to savour. Nowadays many versions of original petha are also being made, The slices of petha are interlaced with milk fat and applied with many assorted flavours, sandwich petha ,laddu petha, gulkand petha, Paan petha . Book Maharaja Express<\/a><\/strong> \"Petha<\/p>\n

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