Malapua
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thumb|Malapua for Raja festival Malpua, (different from pua), is a sweetened breakfast served with morning tea or as a snack with afternoon tea or as a dessert originating from the East Indian subcontinent, popular in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.
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- Food.name
- Malpua
- Food.image
- Malpoa pitha.jpg
- Food.country
- Eastern Indian subcontinent
- Food.region
- Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Tripura, Nepal
- Food.national_cuisine
- Bangladesh, India, Nepal
- Food.course
- Breakfast, Snack, Dessert, Sweets
- Food.main_ingredient
- Plain flour, rice flour, fennel seeds, sugar
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- Bengali Holi special sweet dish.jpg
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thumb|Malapua for Raja festival Malpua, (different from pua), is a sweetened breakfast served with morning tea or as a snack with afternoon tea or as a dessert originating from the East Indian subcontinent, popular in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.
== History == Barley was the most prolific grain eaten by the Aryans of the Vedic period. One preparation was a sweet cake called malpua, where barley flour was either fried in ghee or boiled in water, and then dipped in honey. Malpua preserves both the name and the essentials of this preparation.