Why do Hindu Puja 'Prashad' desserts have particular smell?

[Riyad]

In my office one of our Hindu colleagues distributed sweet dessert balls made by coconut on the occation of Durga Puja. It is a big festival in Bangladesh after Eid. The sweets are tasty but have very strange smell. There is something in that sweet which is not found in regular sweet coconut balls made by common Bangladeshi Muslim households. What is in it? One female colleague stopped eating it halfway when she gets the smell. She says something strange smell is coming from the sweet balls.

No joke. It is a serious question.

 

[Imran Khan]

well ask them to make parshad of something else them

for me parshad should be
750cl black label
motton or beef kabbabs
a soda

 

[Chakar The Great]

Because they dont wash hands due to water scarcity and poor sanitation, needless to mention non availability of toilets.

 

[Valar.]

No idea.

May be they use 'Desi Ghee' for making those sweets? Desi ghee usually have strong smell.

 

[Men in Green]

I thought camel pee which you drink

@Slav Defence

 

[Maarkhoor]

In my office one of our Hindu colleagues distributed sweet dessert balls made by coconut on the occation of Durga Puja. It is a big festival in Bangladesh after Eid. The sweets are tasty but have very strange smell. There is something in that sweet which is not found in regular sweet coconut balls made by common Bangladeshi Muslim households. What is in it? One female colleague stopped eating it halfway when she gets the smell. She says something strange smell is coming from the sweet balls.

No joke. It is a serious question.

They used Agarbati while doing poja and the smell is very strong and it is high chance open sweats nearby effected by that....

Muslim should not eat food or anything which offered first to any idol.

 

[randomradio]

In my office one of our Hindu colleagues distributed sweet dessert balls made by coconut on the occation of Durga Puja. It is a big festival in Bangladesh after Eid. The sweets are tasty but have very strange smell. There is something in that sweet which is not found in regular sweet coconut balls made by common Bangladeshi Muslim households. What is in it? One female colleague stopped eating it halfway when she gets the smell. She says something strange smell is coming from the sweet balls.

No joke. It is a serious question.

Ask for the recipe.

 

[jamahir]

In my office one of our Hindu colleagues distributed sweet dessert balls made by coconut on the occation of Durga Puja. It is a big festival in Bangladesh after Eid. The sweets are tasty but have very strange smell. There is something in that sweet which is not found in regular sweet coconut balls made by common Bangladeshi Muslim households. What is in it? One female colleague stopped eating it halfway when she gets the smell. She says something strange smell is coming from the sweet balls.

No joke. It is a serious question.

Maybe camphor. As far as I know, Hindu ceremonies use camphor and maybe camphor was included in the sweet you were given.

Google gives contradictory info about camphor's effects :

Ask for the recipe.

My above post.

 

[waz]

Hmmm I haven't found this with my Hari Krishna friends, but found this with another Hindu sect. It must be an ingredient that some use and some don't.