Kakinada Kaaja

Sweet pastry from India

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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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ a b "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.