Course | Breakfast, Snack, Dessert, Sweets |
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Place of origin | Eastern Indian subcontinent |
Region or state | Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Tripura, Nepal |
Associated cuisine | Bangladesh, India, Nepal |
Main ingredients | Plain flour, rice flour, fennel seeds, sugar |
Malpua, or sometimes shortened to pua, is a sweetened breakfast served with morning tea or as a snack with afternoon tea or as a dessert originating from the East Indian subcontinent, popular in Bhutan, India, and Nepal.[1]