Bikaneri bhujia information

Bikaneri bhujia
	Shop selling Bikaneri bhujia
Alternative names	Bhujia
Course	Snack
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Bikaner, Rajasthan
Main ingredients	Moth bean, gram flour, groundnut oil
Variations	Sev

Bikaneri bhujia, often simply called bhujia, is a crispy snack prepared by using moth bean flour, 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.^[1]

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. Recently, it has faced competition from multinational companies like Pepsico as well as Indian snack companies, which have used the name bhujia.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Camel country: Known for its sand dunes and bhujia, Bikaner". The Tribune. 18 January 2009.
^ "The whole world's bhujia". indiatogether.org. 26 July 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
^ "India: TNCs muscling into cottage industry sectors". TWN (Third World Network). 11 January 1996. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
^ "A copyright for Bikaneri bhujia, Hyderbadi haleem". Indian Express. 14 September 2010.
^ "Registered Geographical Indications (GI)" (PDF). Geographical Indication Registry (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
^ "Patent shield soon from copycat GI Joes". Economic Times. 24 February 2007.

[1] "Camel country: Known for its sand dunes and bhujia, Bikaner". The Tribune. 18 January 2009.

[2] "The whole world's bhujia". indiatogether.org. 26 July 2005. Archived from the original on 9 May 2006. Retrieved 5 March 2011.

[3] "India: TNCs muscling into cottage industry sectors". TWN (Third World Network). 11 January 1996. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.

[ex-4] "A copyright for Bikaneri bhujia, Hyderbadi haleem". Indian Express. 14 September 2010.

[5] "Registered Geographical Indications (GI)" (PDF). Geographical Indication Registry (India). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.

[6] "Patent shield soon from copycat GI Joes". Economic Times. 24 February 2007.

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