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{{Short description|Indian sweet, often a round ball of dairy solids}}

{{Infobox geographical indication
| name             = Dharwad peda
| image            = Dharwad peda.jpg
| image_size       = 225px
| caption          = Dharwad Peda
| country          = [[India]]
| region           = [[Dharwad]], [[Karnataka]]
| creator          =
| course           = [[Dessert]]
| served           =
| main_ingredient  = [[Milk]], [[condensed milk]], [[sugar]]
| variations       = Jamkhandi Peda
| calories         =
| other            = GI number: 85
}}
'''Dharwad peda''' ({{lang-kn|ಧಾರವಾಡ ಪೇಡ}}) is an [[Indian sweet]] delicacy unique to the state of [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. It derives its name from the city of [[Dharwad]] in [[Karnataka]].This sweet's history is around 175 years old.<ref name="thakurpeda">{{cite web|url=http://thakurpedha.com/about%20_us.php|title=About Us :: Thakur Peda|website=Thakurpedha.com|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> Dharwad peda has been accorded [[List of Geographical Indications in India|Geographical Indication]] tag.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/k%60taka-gets-highest-numbergi-tags/319698/|title=K'taka gets highest number of GI tags|first=Rakesh|last=Prakash|date=11 April 2008|accessdate=17 August 2018|newspaper=[[Business Standard]]}}</ref> Its GI tag number is 80.<ref>[[List of Geographical Indications in India]]</ref>

== History ==
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Dharwad peda was originally started by the Thakur family who had migrated from [[Unnao]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] to Dharwad after [[plague (disease)|plague]] broke out in Unnao in early 19th Century.{{cn|date=December 2020}} Ram Ratan Singh Thakur, a first generation confectioner, started producing and selling pedas locally.{{cn|date=December 2020}} Dharwad peda was prepared from the milk of Dharwadi [[Bubalus|buffaloes]] which are raised by the [[Gavali (caste)|Gavali]] community in and around Dharwad. His grandson Babu Singh Thakur helped grow the family business further in their Line Bazaar store and the peda came to also be called locally as the "Line Bazaar Peda". The family closely guards the recipe of the Peda as a [[trade secret]] which has been passing down the lineage. Babusingh Thakur's single outlet store that was running for a few decades expanded later in [[Dharwad]], [[Hubli]], [[Bangalore]], [[Belgaum]] and [[Haveri]]. In many other cities around India other confectioneries also sell Dharwad peda which is not connected to the Thakur family.

== Ingredients ==
The ingredients include milk, sugar and dharwadi buffalo milk.

== Preparations ==
It is made of milk which is heated and stirred continuously, with added flavor and sugar.  As a result, it can be considered a kind of condensed milk with flavors.

== See also ==
* [[Cuisine of Karnataka]]
* [[Big Mishra Pedha|Big Mishra Pedha Pvt. Ltd.]]
* [[Byadagi chilli]]
* [[Mysore pak]]
* [[Udupi Mattu Gulla]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Karnataka cuisine]]
[[Category:Indian desserts]]
[[Category:Confectionery]]
[[Category:Geographical indications in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Dharwad district]]


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