Bikaneri bhujia, often simply called bhujia, is a popular crispy snack prepared by using moth bean flour and gram flour and spices, originating from Bikaner, a city in the western state of Rajasthan in India. It is light yellow in colour. Bhujia has become not just a characteristic product of Bikaner, but also a generic name.
Bikaneri bhujia is a cottage industry in Bikaner, Rajasthan, and provides employment to around 2.5 million people in villages of the region, especially women, and recently it has faced competition with multinational companies like Pepsico as well as Indian snack companies, which have used the name bhujia. After struggling with numerous copycats over the years, in September 2010, the Indian Patent Office confirmed the Geographical Indications rights and a patent was issued for the brand name Bikaneri bhujia to local manufacturers of Bikaner.

Characteristic of: Rajasthani cuisine
Also known as:
Wikidata ID: Q4907310
Wikipedia title: Bikaneri bhujia
References:
Inbound Links


Unlinked Mentions

Article content licensed under CC-BY-SA; original content from Wikimedia Foundation; image data under CC-BY-SA from Wikimedia Foundation

        
    ID: 9777