kakinada kaaja nd other foods

Kotiah Sweets, found in the year 1900 is pretty famous in manufacturing mouth watering kaaja famous throughout the state. i wont miss to eat kaaja whenever i am in kakinada and u should not miss lunch or dinner at Sri Krishna Vilas, popularly known as Subbiah Hotel. our people like mouth watering pickles (Aavakaaya) made from Mango, Vegetables (e.g. Caulifower Aavakaaya), Chicken, Shrimp(royya avakaya), Mutton and even Fish. few people here swear by the pungent taste of dried fish (Endu Chepa) and shrimp (Endu Royya). we also like pidatha kinda pappu( tasty mixture of onions, toasted rice, peanuts and sev) , pani puri , chat available on every street corner of the city. Kakinada is also one of the few regions in the entire Andhra Pradesh where Chekkarakeli aratipandu (banana) and Kothapilli kobbari maamidipandu (mango) are available.

kakinada -- cocanada, Second Madras history

Kakinada (Telugu: కాకినాడ) is a city and a Municipal Corporation in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district.^[1]

The city has a population of about 704,920 (agglomeration 853,340) as per 2001 census. This coastal city is witnessing rapid growth thanks to the recently granted Special Economic Zone status. The city also has a deep-water port which is expanding rapidly.

The presence of a small island called Hope Island about 5 km from Kakinada coast, makes Kakinada a natural Harbor. Prior to construction of the deep water port, the old anchorage port operated for several decades as the largest minor port in India. At present, both the deep water port and older anchorage port operate side by side.

Origin Of the name

• Kakinada is relatively a younger city compared to other major cities in Andhra pradesh. The city itself grew into prominence in the last 300 years after the European settlers arrived here and the British made it an administrative headquarters for the local area they ruled.

• Several theories exist regarding the origin of the name Kakinada. The most popular and probably correct theory is that the place where the city was built was called 'Kaki nandiwada' during the reign of Nandi kings who ruled prior to the arrival of the Europeans. The name was truncated to Kakinada over the passage of time.

• The first European settlers in this port city were the Dutch, followed by the British and then the missionaries of the Canadian Baptist Mission in 1874

• After Independence, it was renaturalized to Kakinada, although a few organisations established during the British colonial rule retain the old name (e.g., Cocanada Chamber of Commerce).

• Kakinada is known as Second Madras. The original city that includes the central business district is a well planned city that is divided in several grids with main roads that are straight and are parallel which run across the city.

• Kakinada is famous for the sweet named "Kakinada kaja "

• Kakinada is the first place in Asia where the Bio Diesel plant is constructed.