British in India made Ooty as their summer vacation place. They used to prepare cookies during their stay and it was called as Cookie. Adding cookies methods to the local flavor our people prepared crispy dish and it was called a Varukki by adding the prefix Varu that is fry to Cookie. This new crispy Varukki jelled along with tea very well.
You can Visit to Ooty and you will not be completed without tasting Varukki. Because of the addictive taste the need for the Varukki increased and people can start producing it by bringing people from Kerala as well. Ooty varukki cannot be made with machines. Machines can be used by us to prepared the mix for varkki but all other preparations need to be carried out manually. Because of the manual need there is a big supply demand for this product always.
Person who prepares Ooty varukki from last 40 years quoted "The taste of water in ooty and the temperature of ooty is the reason for the taste of Ooty Varukki. From Few years back people tried setting up a preparation unit in Tirupur and they were not able to bring the authentic taste.
This has to be prepared through wooden fire to realise the traditional taste in Ooty Nativespecial.com that supplies authentic traditional sweets to the door steps started supplying Madurai aadhikalathu halwa now. You can order it through NativeSpecial.com and taste it from your home. Technology can revive your traditional items too.
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