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Khoa (also khawa or mawa) is a dairy product created by heating milk in an open iron pan to evaporate and condense it. It is more commonly known as Ricotta Cheese in the west. A concentration of milk to one-fifth volume is normal in the production of khoa. Khoa is used as the base for a wide variety of Indian sweets. It has a long history there and about 600,000 metric tons is produced annually in India. Khoa is made from both cow's milk and water buffalo milk. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Khoya (or mawa) is a common ingredient in many traditional Indian sweets like Gulab jamun, and sometimes even in some spicy dishes. ... Dairy products are generally defined as foodstuffs produced from milk. ... A glass of cows milk A goat kid feeding on its mothers milk Milk is the nutrient fluid secreted by the mammary glands of female mammals (including monotremes). ... COW is an acronym for a number of things: Can of worms The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language. ... For the controversy at the University of Pennsylvania, see Water buffalo incident. ...

Khoa is normally white or pale yellow. Khoa prepared in the winter may be saved for use in the summer and may acquire a green tinge and grainier texture from a surface mold. This is called hariyali (green khoa) and used to make gulabjamun.

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• FAO document discussing many dairy products including khoa]

khoa is also used in pakistan cotain large amount of fats and good source of energy. ('javed iqbal gondal from sargodha punjab pakistan') The Cuisine of India is very diverse and is a result of Indias diverse population. ...