Varak is made by placing the pure metal dust between parchment sheets, then pounding the sheets until the metal dust mold into a foil, usually less than one micrometre (μm) thick, typically 0.2 μm-0.8 μm. The sheets are typically packed with paper for support; this paper is peeled away before use.

Is VARK real silver?

Vark, also called varak (also silver leaf, German paper), is any leaf composed of pure metals, typically silver but sometimes gold, used on South Asian sweets. The silver is edible, though flavorless. Varak is made by pounding silver into sheets, a few micrometres(µm) thick, typically 0.2 µm-0.8 µm.

How is Chandi Ka VARK made?

Presently, “chandi ka vark' is made by hammering thin sheets of silver in the middle of sheets made of a bull's intestines. After slaughtering a bull, its intestines are removed immediately and sold to the manufacturers of foils.