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A popular sweet manufacturer of Coimbatore has
joined hands with a leading catering school to form a research and
development cell for conducting research into ancient and
traditional sweets of Tamil Nadu.
With great demand for Indian sweets across the
globe, "we want to collect information on sweets prevailing some 50
to 100 years ago, and revive their taste and health aspects", M
Krishnan, chairman and managing director of Sri Krishna Sweets (P)
Ltd, said.
As there was not much research or indepth studies
on the evolution of sweets in Tamil Nadu, the company has joined
hands with A J K College of Arts and Science to collect information
from various sources, including folklore, literature and first-hand
information, Krishnan, whose 'Mysorepa' (their speciality sweet) is
well-received across the world, said.
After documentation, the cell would identify the
sweets and publish a book and an exclusive website would be opened
for the ancient and traditional sweets of Tamil Nadu, in the first
phase.
Claiming that this was the first time efforts
were being made to collect and preserve information about ancient
Indian sweets which have disappeared, Ajeet Kumar Lal, managing
director of the college, said after successful research on Tamil
Nadu sweets, research would be carried out in other parts of south
India.
It would also concentrate on the efforts to
preserve and increase the shelf life of sweets so that they were
available globally and sweets were taken to the shelves of big
stores in different parts of the world, through the company.
(Agencies)
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