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HIGHLIGHTS
– A group of 10 enthusiasts have sought a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by preparing, what they claim, world’s biggest samosa
– The quintessential Indian snack, weighing 332 kg, was made at Gopal Nagar colony of Maharajganj district.
– The group, led by 20-year-old Ritesh Soni, has now approached the Guinness Book Committee to get their feat ratified.
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Gorakhpur:
A group of 10 enthusiasts have sought a place in the Guinness Book of World Records by preparing, what they claim, world’s biggest samosa. The quintessential Indian snack, weighing 332 kg, was made at Gopal Nagar colony of Maharajganj district. Thousands of people thronged the venue where the feat was being achieved. The group, led by 20-year-old Ritesh Soni, has now approached the Guinness Book Committee to get their feat ratified.
Soni , who runs a small roadside restaurant at Gopal Nagar, says that he was inspired by the world’s largest jalebi which was made by another group in the district. “Last year, a group in Katharia Bazar made world largest jalebi and now it is in the Guinness Book. Like them, we also want to make our town famous through our feat,” Soni told TOI.
” Earlier, Bradford College of England made the biggest samosa weighing 110 kg. Our samosa is three times bigger,” said Naveen Tewari, another group member. “Through the Guinness recorgnition, I want to get the attention of leaders towards my small town as after so many years of independence it is still facing illiteracy, basic infrastructure and electricity problem,” he added.
“From the past 15 days, we are preparing for and started working on the final preparation on Monday evening. By Tuesday morning, it was ready for display,” Sonia said. Since then thousands of people have visited the site to see it. The group earlier planned to make it on Eid but later it was extended administration didn’t give them permission.
The group spent around Rs 40,000 in the making, “It took 90 litre refined oil, 1.75 quintal wheat flour and 2 quintal potato to prepare it. The samosa is 3 meter high and its three sides are 2 metre, 1.5 metre and 1.5 metre. Its radius is around 36 inch,” Ritesh said.
Most group members are involved in catering business and aged between 16 and 30 years. Four of them are class 12 students. “We all pooled in around Rs 30,000 and rest of the amount came through donations,” Ritesh said.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Varanasi / TNN / July 13th, 2016