Kakinada Kaja
Kakinada Kaja
Place of originIndia
Region or stateKakinada, Andhra Pradesh
Main ingredientsWheat flour, sugar, ghee,
VariationsGottam Kaja, Madatha Kaja

Kakinada Kaja (Telugu: కాకినాడ  కాజా) is a sweet pastry from the city of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India in 1891.[1]

As of August 2018 the government of Andhra Pradesh was in the process of applying for Geographic Indication (GI) tag for it.[2]

History

Chittipedi Kotaiah from Chinaparimi village near Tenali in Guntur district migrated to Kakinada in 1891 and started a sweet shop making this sweet.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kaja: the Raja of All Sweets". New Indian Express. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "Pootharekulu in record books". Deccan Chronicle. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
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