Khaja
Sign in to saveKhaja or khajuri () or pheni is an Indian deep-fried pastry, commonly filled with fruit or soaked with sugar syrup.
Key facts
- Food.name
- Khaja
- Food.image
- Baleswari khaja pheni Oriya cuisine.jpg
- Food.country
- India
- Food.region
- Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Southern area of Nepal close to Bihar (Birgunj, Janakpur, Biratnagar)
- Food.main_ingredient
- Wheat flour, sugar, Cooking oil
- Food.variations
- Kakinada Kaja, Tapeswaram Kaja, Pipra Khaja
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- confection
- Country of origin
- India
- Material used
- wheat flour
- Image
- Baleswari khaja pheni Oriya cuisine.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History
- Region
- Preparation
- Geographical indication (GI) tag
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- References
Khaja or khajuri () or pheni is an Indian deep-fried pastry, commonly filled with fruit or soaked with sugar syrup.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khaja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.