Launch of summer special mango sweets at Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick Sweets, New Alipore

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Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick is a household name thanks to all the radio commercials they air. Even right now when I'm typing the name, the exact tone from the advertisement is ringing in my ears :D. However it's not only the advertising that has made them a popular outlet among the sweetmeat shops in Kolkata (& outside, in US even). It's one of the oldest sweet shops in Kolkata. Generally when we talk of heritage shops they are mostly located in north Kolkata. South Kolkata is considered much younger & surely lacks at least in the numbers of heritage eateries. Not in quality though. Balaram Mullick, Bhowanipur boasts of serving mouth wateringly delicious selection of sweets since 1885. In recent times they have opened branches all throughout Kolkata & even planning to expand overseas.

Recently group PanchPhoron was invited to their Alipore branch to try out some of the items from their summer special mango sweets. Me being a sweet lover immediately jumped at the opportunity.

The outlet is located bang opposite New Alipore SBI , near new alipore triangular park. The outlet is a bit small & doesn't have seating arrangement , however very few sweet shops actually has that anyway. There's a huge selection of sweets on display. To be honest, not only the regular chana based products, their chocolate/strawberry/orange flavoured fusion sweets are sure to grab your attention. Since we were there to taste the mango special items, we started as soon we could. The items I tried & liked are:

Mango Baked Rosogolla:

Baked rosogollas are by now a common dessert in most Bengali weddings. & This item being a speciality of Balaram Mullick, they never failed to impress. However adding Alphonso syrup to the already amazing sweet made it all the more grand & better. It's something that can't be expressed in word. It was almost like my love for rosogolla & mangoes was heard by God himself, culminating the two into this item for which one can die for.

Mango Talsash/ Jolbhora:

The regular jelly/gurer syrup filling of a Talsash has been replaced with mango syrup. The outer sandesh itself contains syrup too, however in much lesser proportion so as to not make the item overly mango-ish. The mango syrup hits you only after you've taken a bite, & the feel surely is heavenly.

Mango Truffle:

We've all had chocolate truffles, but this one was a revelation. White balls of sandesh with Chico chips on top don't look too mango-ish apart from the orangish stripes on the side. However once you bite into it, the semi-hard outer shell crumbles in to reveal the soft mushy mango sandesh inside which again is great tasting.

Fresh Mango juice:

This one was one pulpy drink! Served in marble glasses this pureed mango pulp was actually a bit too thick to finish in one go. I really had to take my time finishing it. The pulp was so thick, at times it couldn't be sucked with the straw even. Surely they can blend in a little milk to make this amazing tasty drink a bit more paleteable.

Mango Rajbhog:

What is better than a rosogolla. A bigger rosogolla fondly known as Rajbhog (word coined from bhog or meal fit for the raj or the royals). Now what's better than a soft juicy Rajbhog? A Rajbhog that has mango flavour in it. & It was exactly that. Giant rosogollas soaked in a mango infused sugar syrups. Delicious.

Mango Dahi:

Popularly known in Bengali as 'Aam doi' , nowadays this item is readily available in containers from mother dairy & other dairy farms. However the taste of fresh doi from a sweet shop is inimitable. Moreover while most places blend in the mango into the dahi, here extra mango syrup is added inside the dahi. Too good.

Mango Gelato:

This is not actually ice cream. Rather it's a thick creamy mango kheer or 'Aam kheer' with chunks of juicy ripe mangoes in it. The grainy texture of the kheer is superb, mango flavour adding a bit more flavour, & the topping of diced ripe mango, priceless.

Other mango items:

Apart from the above items which I tried & immensely liked, there are few more items they are preparing during these summer months. They are: mango lava, mango ghoti, mango jolosonkho, mango dry fruit flower etc.

Not only mangoes they even have items like anondo anarosh, patisapta & even chocolate bonbon. I tried the bonbon which was amazingly delicious chocolate sandesh.

Overall this fusion of mangoes with sandesh & rosogollas was quite a revelation. Me being always sceptical about fusion sweets, tried these with a bit of caution. However being a mango lover it was only until I bit into the first sweet I was offered. It was a great experience. Each & every item I tried confirmed their expertise in making them. Wish them the best in their future innovations & experiments.

Until then

Happy Eating

Cheers!