Sample listingFamily Workshop
Janai Manohara (per piece)₹20
Janai Manohara (per kg)₹600
Hooghly, West Bengal
Manohara
GI Tagged
Food
Confidence: high
A traditional Bengali sweet of the town of Janai in Hooghly district, where sweetmakers have preserved the craft for generations and built the town's food identity around it. A soft chhena centre is encased in a hardened, crunchy sugar crust that should crack cleanly. Janai's sweet shops are the authentic source, and the sweet received its GI tag in 2026 alongside other Hooghly products. Buyers get a sweet that is both crunchy and soft in a single bite.
Typical price: ₹10-30 per piece (approx 400-800 per kg)
Buying tip: Buy from the sweet shops of Janai itself; a good manohara has a crisp sugar shell that breaks to reveal the soft chhena centre.
Image: Tarunsamanta · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Where it comes from
Sub-regions
Janai
Grounding
Sources
- https://en-in.obnews.co/Index/flowNewsDetail/id/16041826.html
- https://www.etvbharat.com/en/bharat/west-bengal-wonders-chandannagars-jalbhara-sandesh-janais-manohara-and-balagarhs-traditional-boats-get-gi-tags-enn26062703060
- https://www.news9live.com/lifestyle/food-drink/west-bengal-jolbhora-sandesh-manohara-gi-tag-2984576
- https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/food/how-hooghly-janais-newly-gi-tagged-bengali-sweet-monohora-continues-to-win-hearts/cid/2168571
- https://www.timesnownews.com/lifestyle/food/jolbhora-sandesh-gets-gi-tag-celebrating-chandannagars-role-in-bengals-sweet-heritage-article-154791823
3 shops
Sellers
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Sample listingArtisan
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Sample listingRetailer
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