How is the 'varkha' or silver foil used in sweets made and which metals are used to make varkha?
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Varkha or silver foil is basically made by edible silver metal sometimes with gold also.
The malleability property of metals is used to make silver into thin foil of thickness 0.2 micro meter to 0.8 micro meters.
For decorative purpose sweets are coated with silver foil.
Mostly South Indian sweets are coated with silver foil.
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