Sweet Legacy of Partition: Loved by Manna Dey & Kishore Kumar, Phulbari’s ‘Lalmohan’ Continue to Rule Hearts

“Lalmohan” has been residing in the heart of a place called ‘Phulbari’ (also known as Fulbari) in Jalpaiguri district for years. Mahindramohan Ghosh of Mymensingh gave birth to this sweet called “Lalmohan” during the partition about 72 years ago. He has given this name of Lal Mohan. There is no comparison to the taste of these red colored sweets. The taste of Lalmohan of Phulbari Mithai Bhandar made 72 years ago is still the same.

Phulbari’s famous Lalmohan sweet is prepared by mixing gram flour and milk, kneading it well, frying it in oil and dipping it in sugar. So soft that the sweetness melts into water when it comes in contact with the tongue. Heavenly feeling in taste. Celebrities like Hemant Kumar Mukherjee to Kishore Kumar have tasted the sweets of this shop. The shop’s autograph book is full of famous personalities’ names.

Now this shop is being handled by Ratan Kumar Ghosh, son of Manindramohan. He says that his father started this sweet here and since then it has spread everywhere by word of mouth. Many famous personalities including Kishore Kumar, Hemant Mukherjee have eaten sweets from this shop. Everyone ate the sweets and praised him. When Manna Dey came to Siliguri to perform the programme, he heard about the fame of the sweets here and praised many of them and ordered them to be taken to Mumbai. Local Ramzan Ali told that this sweet is not available anywhere else. I bring all the people who come here to eat sweets from this shop.

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