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'''Manapparai Murukku''' (மணப்பாறை முறுக்கு) <ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:மணப்பாறை முறுக்கு]]</ref> is a special variety of [[murukku]], a snack named after the town of [[Manapparai]] in [[Tiruchirappalli district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
The snack's name [[Murukku]] derives from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word for "twisted", which refers to its shape.<ref>{{cite web|title = Cre-A Online Dictionary|url=https://crea.in}}</ref> The brain behind the industry was Krishna Iyer. Before Independence, he started this as a cottage industry, Later it was takeover by Immigrant peoples from Usilambatti, Madurai(Dt). From 1951 <b>MEESAIKARAR @ KASIMAYATHEVAR</b>[one of the migrant] and also his relatives had applying special techniques and add more taste like neither sweet nor spicy, and makes the murukku famous as <b>"MANAPPARAI MURUKKU"</b>. Once when <b>Mahatma Gandhji</b> came to the Manapparai Railway junction, After eating Manapparai Murukku, he happily told his friends about its taste.<ref>[http://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/ilamai-puthumai/5533--1.html ஜெய், மணப்பாறை முறுக்கு, இந்து தமிழ் திசை, 31 மே 2014]</ref> It was the ideal South Indian travel snack.<ref name=hindu>{{cite news|last=Gerald|first=Olympia Shilpa|title=In search of Manapparai Murukku|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/mahatma-gandhis-tamil-nadu-visits/article29572786.ece</ref><br />
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Ingredients such as rice flour, cumin seeds, gingelly, asafetida, ajwain (omam), salt, water and oil are necessary to make this murukku. All ingredients should be mixed with flour. Then water is added little by little, kneading it into a thick batter. After that it has to be patted by the murukku maker and rotated to form coils. It has to be set aside for two minutes. Then it has to be fried in oil, then set aside again, and the process repeated. It has to be stored in an air-tight container. To add richness, butter or ghee could be added.<ref name=hindu/><br />
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==Industry==<br />
This murukku is sold not only in all parts of Tamil Nadu but also exported to other states of India and overseas. Around 150 to 250 families and cottage industries and at least 10 companies make the snack.<ref name=hindu/> In 2010, the Tamil Nadu government applied for a [[geographical indication]] tag for Manapparai Murukku.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/25/stories/2010102561520600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029231944/http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/25/stories/2010102561520600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 October 2010 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Geographical indication tag for 'Mannapparai Murukku' sought | date=25 October 2010}}</ref> The GI tag would help more than 400 families who depend on this work.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/jul/09/manapparai-murukku-of-tamil-nadu-call-for-gi-tag-to-rein-in-counterfeiters-1840531.html | location=Chennai, India | newspaper=The New Indian Express | title=Manapparai Murukku of Tamil Nadu: Call for GI tag to rein in counterfeiters | date=9 July 2018 | first=Jose K | last=Joseph | access-date=16 August 2020 }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Tamil cuisine]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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