{"id":86532,"date":"2020-05-02T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T09:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15182"},"modified":"2020-05-02T15:05:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T09:35:05","slug":"kovilpatti-kadalai-mittai-and-kashmir-sa%ef%ac%80%c2%81ron-gets-gi-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kovilpatti-kadalai-mittai-and-kashmir-sa%ef%ac%80%c2%81ron-gets-gi-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai and Kashmir sa\ufb00\u0081ron gets GI tag"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Geographical Indication Registry of India has accorded Geographical Indication(GI) tag to Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai and Kashmir sa\ufb00\u0081ron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is peanut candy made in southern parts of Tamil Nadu.The candy is prepared from groundnut and jaggery.<\/li><li><strong>Uniqueness: a) <\/strong>Water is exclusively used from the river Thamirabarani and <strong>b) <\/strong>Production process is done using \u2018veragu aduppu\u2019 (firewood stove).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kashmir Saffron:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is cultivated and harvested in the Karewa (highlands) of Jammu and Kashmir.It is the only saffron in the world grown at an altitude of 1,600 m to 1,800m above mean sea level.<\/li><li><strong>Characteristics: <\/strong>longer and thicker stigmas, natural deep-red colour, high aroma, bitter flavour, chemical-free processing and high quantity of crocin (colouring strength), safranal (flavour) and picrocrocin (bitterness).<\/li><li><strong>Types:<\/strong> <strong>a) Lacha Saffron<\/strong>&#8211; Stigmas are separated from the flowers and dried without further processing <strong>b) Mongra Saffron<\/strong>&#8211; stigmas are detached from the flower, dried in the sun and processed traditionally and <strong>c) Guchhi Saffron-<\/strong> same as Lachha except that the latter\u2019s dried stigmas are packed loosely in air-tight containers while the former has stigmas joined together in a bundle tied with a cloth thread.<\/li><li><strong>Significance : <\/strong>It is known all over the world as a spice, health rejuvenator and is also used in cosmetics as well as for medicinal purposes.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Geographical Indication Registry of India has accorded Geographical Indication(GI) tag to Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai and Kashmir sa\ufb00\u0081ron. Facts: Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai: It is peanut candy made in southern parts of Tamil Nadu.The candy is prepared from groundnut and jaggery. Uniqueness: a) Water is exclusively used from the river Thamirabarani and b) Production process is done&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/kovilpatti-kadalai-mittai-and-kashmir-sa%ef%ac%80%c2%81ron-gets-gi-tag\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai and Kashmir sa\ufb00\u0081ron gets GI tag<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3127],"tags":[2112,4101],"class_list":["post-86532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy","tag-gi-tag","tag-kashmir-saffron","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700778546,"cached_date":1704856182},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}