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 The cooked medium sized balls of chhana (cottage cheese) dipped in sugar syrup was named Roshogolla - in Bengali ''Rosho'' means syrup and ''Golla'' is a round object.<ref>{{cite web| url =https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/what-it-took-to-bring-the-story-of-the-rosogolla-on-screen  | title= What It Took To Bring The Story Of Rosogolla On Screen by Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri | work= Updated: 6 December 2018 |publisher= Film Companion | access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/calcutta-celebrates-madly-mishti/articleshow/4902875.cms | title=  Calcutta celebrates Madly Mishti| work=  Published: 8 August 2009, Updated: 11 January 2017 |publisher= E Times| access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>
-Bengal had a long tradition of preparing sweet delicacies from ancient times utilizing various ingredients; particularly, various types of ''pithes'' during '' Poush Parbon''. According to Hindu tradition, the deliberate curdling of milk, with an acidic substance, to make Chhanna was prohibited by Hindu traditions. Therefore, it had been assumed by many that the process was brought in by foreigners, probably by the Portuguese. While there is a wide range of sweet delicacies that is prepared with rice flour, coconuts, and sugar, chhana-based sweet delicacies prepared by professionals, many of whom were Muslims, who did not have any links with Hindu practices. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://scroll.in/magazine/858633/the-universe-of-bengali-sweets-was-vast-even-before-the-roshogolla-arrived-with-the-portuguese | title= The universe of Bengali sweets was vast even before the roshogolla arrived with the Portuguese | work= Priyadarshini Chatterjee, 24 November 2017 |publisher= Scroll,in| access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>
+Bengal had a long tradition of preparing sweet delicacies from ancient times utilizing various ingredients; particularly, various types of ''[[Pitha|pithes]]'' during '' Poush Parbon''. According to Hindu tradition, the deliberate curdling of milk, with an acidic substance, to make Chhanna was prohibited by Hindu traditions. Therefore, it had been assumed by many that the process was brought in by foreigners, probably by the Portuguese. While there is a wide range of sweet delicacies that is prepared with rice flour, coconuts, and sugar, chhana-based sweet delicacies prepared by professionals, many of whom were Muslims, who did not have any links with Hindu practices. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://scroll.in/magazine/858633/the-universe-of-bengali-sweets-was-vast-even-before-the-roshogolla-arrived-with-the-portuguese | title= The universe of Bengali sweets was vast even before the roshogolla arrived with the Portuguese | work= Priyadarshini Chatterjee, 24 November 2017 |publisher= Scroll,in| access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>
 Roshogolla is believed to be a traditional Bengali sweet. What was available earlier was highly perishable. In 1868. Nabin Chandra Das modified the recipe and made it spongy with a longer shelf life. His son, K.C.Das, started canning it, which made it available in distant places. The canned roshogollas are available in the UK and USA.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/history-of-rasgulla-2327.html | title= History of Rasgulla  | publisher= Life Style Lounge | access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>Over the years sweet-makers have experimented with the Roshogolla and produced a variety of them, such as Baked Roshogolla, Chocolate-flavored Roshogolla, Nolen Gur (date palm jaggery) Roshogolla, Mango-flavored Roshogolla and so on. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/baked-rosogolla-to-rose-rosogolla-7-types-rosogolla-for-misti-lovers/ar-AA1dENLw | title= Baked Rosogolla to Rose Rosogolla: 7 types Rosogolla for misti lovers | work= Amrita Ghosh |publisher= Microsoft /Asianet Newsable News| access-date = 28 July 2023}}</ref>
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 File:Nolan Gurer Roshogolla.jpg|Nolen Gurer Roshogolla, popular in wniter
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