Indian food

Makhan mishri

Also called: Makhan mishri, Макхан мишри, Makhan-mishri, Butter and sugar crystals

Fresh white butter with crystals of unrefined sugar, the simplest food in Braj and the most loaded: it is what the child Krishna is said to have stolen from the milkmaids of these villages.

How it's eaten

Taken in a pinch from the palm, not eaten with a spoon.

Where to try it

Govardhan

Butter and sugar crystals, what the child Krishna stole in these very villages. Handed out in pinches, not sold.

Vrindavan

Butter and sugar crystals, what the child Krishna stole in these very lanes. Handed out in pinches at the temples, not sold.

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