#MANGUESCH ****************** केवळ आपल्या प्रबोधना करिताच ! लोकप्रिय,बेळगाव ` कुंदा `मिठाइचा जन्म आणि इतिहास ० Just For Your Info :- The Birth & History of the most popular Belgaum sweet ` KUNDAA ` ! ******************************************************************************* Ask about Karnataka`s most popular mithai and Mysorepaak is the obvious answer. But there is another sweetmeat that many swear by, the Kunda, from Belgaum in north Karnataka. The coarse brown sweetmeat is called Kunda. Very regional, but cult-like in its popularity, the Kunda is now being taken to the rest of the country & abroad , by many Kunda makers of Belgaum, Shahpur etc. Bengal is famous for rasagulla. This is one of Karnataka`s most popular sweets after the Mysorepak. It is distinct because you rarely find Kunda outside of Belgaum !. Belgaum, which is also called `Kunda nagri` (city of kunda) . The making of Kunda , is very simple. Unlike other mithais which require finesse and fuss at the time of preparation,... to make kunda all you need is good quality , thick buffalo milk, sugar, patience and the ability to tolerate heat of chulhaa fire ! One needs to boil the milk until it is reduced down to one eighth of its original quantity. Then to add the sugar and keep churning the mixture until the milk & sugar begin to burn slightly [ caramelised ] and form a brownish paste. Then a little bit of cardamom powder is added and there you have it ready. If you want you can add some dry fruits too ! While the recipe is simple enough, the origin of this mithai is rooted in Shahpur , Belgaum`s rustic charm. Gajanan Joshi , Mithaiwala [ a Rajasthani Saraswat Migrant ] ,who settled in Shahpur 100 + years ago , whose shop still runs at Shahpur in Belgaum, used to have a mithai maker named Jakku < Sanskrit Yaksh ! One day Jakku left the milk boiling and forgot about it. He returned only when the milk had nearly dried up and was reduced to a brown paste. He added some sugar to it, and it tasted lovely. That is how this mithai was born ! In fact folks who visit this place around 2 p.m. when this great Kunda would be ready , ... call it ` Jakku Marwadi`s Kunda ` ..even today !,Although the board of this shop reads ` GAJANAN MITHAIWALA ` old folks still refer to it as Jakku`s ! And why did he name it Kunda? That was his daughter`s name !
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:38:03 +0000
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