Kakinada Kaaja

Kakinada Kaja
	Kakinada Kaja
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh
Main ingredients	Wheat flour, sugar, ghee,
Variations	Gottam 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

^ ^a ^b "Kaja: the Raja of All Sweets". New Indian Express. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
^ "Pootharekulu in record books". Deccan Chronicle. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[:0-1] "Kaja: the Raja of All Sweets". New Indian Express. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

[2] "Pootharekulu in record books". Deccan Chronicle. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2019.

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