印度甜品店巨型甜品破吉尼斯紀錄

An Indian shop made a giant sweet that weighs about 600,000 Mars bars and costs over $75,000

印度甜品店巨型甜品破吉尼斯紀錄

The latest Indian attempt to create yet another Guinness World Record involves a rather massive sweet treat.

最近神祕的印度人民用巨型甜品又破了一項世界紀錄。

On Sept. 07, an Andhra Pradesh sweet shop unveiled a laddu weighing a whopping 29,465 kgs—that is equivalent to almost 600,000 Mars bars.

9月7日，印度安得拉邦一家甜品店向大家展示了一個重達29465千克的酥——這重量相當於60萬條火星巧克力棒。

Sri Bhaktanjaneya Suruchi Foods's version, made by a team of 20 persons, is much bigger than the current record-holder—a 11,115-kg giant prepared in September 2015 by a Gujarat-based temple administration body, the Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust.

Sri Bhaktanjaneya Suruchi甜品店20個員工一起製作的酥，比2015年9月Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan Trust店之前11115千克的記錄要大的多。

A laddu is a ball-shaped traditional Indian preparation made out of ingredients as varied as wheat flour, chickpea flour or coarsely ground semolina, with a generous helping of clarified butter and sugar.

這種酥是印度一種球形的傳統糕點，用麪粉、鷹嘴豆粉或者粗粒小麥粉做外皮，精製黃油和糖做餡料製成。

The “world’s largest laddu” is just one of the many quirky Guinness World Records that India holds. It also holds the record for the largest gathering of people dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, most straws stuffed in the mouth (with hands), and largest television remote control.

“世界上最大的鷹嘴豆酥”只是印度持有的奇葩吉尼斯紀錄之一。印度還持有最多人裝扮成甘地、用手往嘴裏塞最多草和最大電視遙控器的記錄。

Indeed, applying for the Guinness World Records is a sort of national pastime in the country. According to a 2015 report in the New York Times, the number of record-holders in India jumped 250% in the preceding five years.

申請吉尼斯紀錄對於這個國家來說，算是一項全國性的消遣活動。據2015紐約時報報道，過去5年裏，印度吉尼斯紀錄持有者的數量增加了250%。

In any case, for P Mallikharjuna Rao, the proprietor of Suruchi Foods in the Andhra town of Tapeswaram, building massive laddus runs in the family. Before the Gujarat temple trust took the crown, the record was held by an over 8,000-kg laddu crafted by Suruchi Foods's neighbour, Sri Bhaktanjaneya Sweets, run by Mallikharjuna’s relative S Venkateswara Rao.

對於這個“最大鷹嘴豆酥”吉尼斯記錄的持有者P Mallikharjuna Rao來說，這次活動可調動了全家人。在Gujarat temple trust店之前的記錄是8000千克，由Suruchi食品店隔壁的Sri Bhaktanjaneya甜品店開創。

Now, Mallikharjuna Rao is ready for his moment in the spotlight. “It is approximately (Rs) 50 lakhs ($75,253) we have spent,” Mallikharjuna said, noting that this attempt is his first at a world record.

現在Mallikharjuna正準備接收各種媒體採訪。他說“雖然製作這個酥花了我們75253美元，但比起自己第一次創下吉尼斯紀錄的喜悅，根本不算什麼。”

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