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Firni at Tawakkal sweets


You can’t miss Tawakkal Sweets when you enter Bohri Mohalla.

Tawakkal Sweets was started 50 years
back by a Bohri family as a small stall selling ‘dahi vadas’. No, these are not
the dahi vadas of the south or dahi vallas of Punjab. What they call dahi vadas
at Tawakkal are actually sugar soaked, balushai like desserts. 

During Ramzan
you also get malpua (egg and egg-less). The jury is divided whether the crunchy
edges are better or the chubbier middle but one thing is for sure that the
malpuas here are the nicest among what I have tried in Mumbai. They also serve the rice based dessert, firni, during Ramzan. The plain one is the nicest I feel but the saffron
and mango ones have their fans too. You can order these in advance in
non-Ramzan months. The new generation plans to supply firni for catering orders through the years. During Ramzan the shop is open all night and till 10 pm for the rest of the year.

Check out the video of our shoot at Tawakkal Sweets on The Finely Chopped by clicking in the image below


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