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Anarsa is a pastry-like snack commonly associated with the Hindu festival of Diwali in Central and Northern India. Its ingredients include jaggery (unrefined cane sugar) rice poppy seed and ghee (clarified butter).Anarsas are made from soaked powdered rice jaggery or sugar. The rice is soaked in water for 3 days with the water changed daily to mitigate fermentation. The rice is then dried retaining a minimal amount of moisture and ground into a fine powder.