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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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In 1912, a wrestler got bored of eating ghee & milk every day. Then one day, a simple kitchen experiment led to the creation of one of world's most loved mithais

Walk into any Indian sweet shop and you'll find rows of colourful mithais competing for attention. There are laddoos, jalebis, rasgullas and countless regional favourites. Yet among them sits a sweet that has quietly built a loyal fan base of its own, dodha barfi.

Rich, chewy and packed with flavour, dodha barfi has become a favourite across generations. What many people don't know, however, is that this famous sweet was reportedly created by a Punjabi wrestler more than a century ago.

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