Origin of Bikaneri Bhujia

The history of the famous Bikaneri Bhujia is, indeed, the history of Bhikaram Chandmal.

We started manufacturing Bhujia about 125 years ago as a small-scale industry in the erstwhile state of Bikaner, the land of Rao Bikaji, in the heart of ‘Thar Desert’. The group was founded by late Tansukhdas Agarwal, who used to manufacture BARI (a local home made dry vegetable) made with Moth Dal flour. Once he fried these BARI in frying pan and found it very tasty. He named this new product BHUJIA that means ‘fried product’, thus inventing a new product, which now has the world fame. Later his son Bhikharam and grandson Chandamal joined his business. They improved the quality of Bhujia. The father and son duo got patronage from the Maharaja of Bikaner and were also awarded suitably. Bhujia gained popularity, as it was included in the list of favorite snack foods in the Darbar of Bikaner.