Wheat Flour Pudding

Manbhog Haluwaa

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 to 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Food and Flavours from Nepal

By Jyoti Pathak

Published 2023

  • About

Manbhog or mana-bhog is a soft, moist fluffy sweet dessert made from wheat flour, sugar, and clarified butter, and is similar in texture to a thick pudding. In Nepali, “mana” translates as “mind” and “bhog” is “pure food,” so the mana-bhog is defined as “an offering to the mind.” It is also associated with auspicious occasions and considered one of the purest forms of food to be offered to the deities during religious festivals. This is a popular dessert t