Their name comes from the Arabic word Halva, which means a sweetmeat. A confiture is any fruit jam, marmalade, paste, sweetmeat, or fruit stewed in thick syrup. Thus, therefore, the name of this large, delicious and famous sweetmeat is Shahi Jilapi. Ram Gopal Pal, better known as Gopal Pal, first prepared this sweetmeat in 1824. Round the tank, the ground was covered with vegetable, fruit, and sweetmeat stalls. Chhanabora is a sweetmeat from the Indian subcontinent made from chhena and syrup. The novel claims that wine shops are painted red, and sweetmeat shops green. It also houses restaurants and sweetmeat shops. "Muktagachar monda" is a traditional sweetmeat. The unique sweetmeat shows the variety of agriculture in this region. Moreover, in those days, sweetmeat shops used to depend on credit sales. When courting, the groom-to-be must prepare a "Qatlama", which is a special sweetmeat. No grand feast was considered complete if the sweetmeat was not offered to the guest. Sweetmeat also inspired the name of Austin, Texas Christian Punk/Thrash band One Bad Pig. Since then the sweetmeat has gained immense popularity in Bengal.