I'm from a city named Dharwad. Its known as the Vidya Kashi as there are many universities, colleges and schools. It was center of education for the northern part of Karnataka for many decades.
Its famous for Dharwad Pedha.
A brief history:
Dharwad peda was originally started by the Thakur family who had migrated from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh to Dharwad after plague broke out in Unnao in early 19th Century. Ram Ratan Singh Thakur, a first generation confectioner, started producing and selling pedas locally. Dharwad peda was prepared from the milk of Dharwadi buffaloes which are raised by the Gavali community in and around Dharwad. His grandson Babu Singh Thakur helped grow the family business further in their Line Bazaar store and the peda came to also be called locally as the "Line Bazaar Peda". The family closely guards the recipe of the Peda as a trade secret which has been passing down the lineage. Babusingh Thakur's single outlet store that was running for a few decades expanded later in many other cities. In many other cities around India other confectioneries also sell Dharwad peda which is not connected to the Thakur family.
Use:
Its given in almost all the occasions.
Its given when someone scores well.
Its given when someone gets admission.
Its given when someone gets a job.
Its given like in almost every happy occasions.
But still people are not tired of it. Share some good news and they ask “Pedha elle? Yaavag kodti?” (Where is Pedha? When will you give?)
Where to buy?
I would say, Babu Singh Thakur pedha is still the best. Mishra Pedha isn't bad either.