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[[File:Famous "Chana-Bora" sweets of berhampur.jpg|thumb|right|"Chana-Bora" sweets of Berhampore]]<br />
'''Chhanabora''' is a [[sweetmeat]] from the [[Indian subcontinent]] made from [[chhana|chhena]] and [[syrup]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XODgAAAAMAAJ&q=Chhanabora |title=The Hour of the Goddess: Memories of Women, Food, and Ritual in Bengal |first=Chitrita |last=Banerji |publisher=Seagull Books |page=100 |year=2001|isbn=978-81-7046-183-8 }}</ref> It is attested from the 16th century.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cFcH2ZHWLcC&q=Chhanabora |title=Indian food: a historical companion |first=K. T. |last=Achaya |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1994 |page=132|isbn=978-0-19-562845-6 }}</ref> It is related to [[rosogolla]] and [[pantua]], sharing a cottage cheese basis with the former and a burnt brown crust with the latter. According to local legend, it was created when Maharaja [[Manindra Chandra Nandy|Manindrachandra Nandi]] of [[Cossimbazar]] ordered his cook to create a dessert that was neither rosogolla nor pantua. It is common in [[Murshidabad]] and outsize chhanabora are a common gift for high-ranking visitors.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120903/jsp/bengal/story_15929852.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127035811/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120903/jsp/bengal/story_15929852.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2015 |title=Eye-poppers from nawab land |first=Nefertiti |last=Biswas |date=September 3, 2012}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Sweets of West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali desserts]]<br />
[[Category:Indian cheese dishes]]<br />
{{Bangladeshi dishes}}<br />
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