Beurre manié Beurre manié Beurre manié (French "kneaded butter") is a dough, consisting of equal parts of soft butter and flour, used to thicken soups and sauces. By kneading the flour and butter together, the flour particles are coated in butter. When the beurre manié is whisked into a hot or warm liquid, the butter melts, releasing the flour particles without creating lumps. Beurre manié should not be confused with roux, which is also a thickener made of equal parts of sometimes clarified butter or many other oils and flour, but which is cooked before use. Beurre manié is also used as
Mani Nagappa Mani Nagappa Mani Nagappa (born 1925) is an Indian sculptor who is known for creating statues of prominent personalities and political leaders of Tamil Nadu. Nagappa was born in 1925 in Madras, one of the five sons of well-known Indian sculptor M. S. Nagappa. M. S. Nagappa sculpted the statues of British governors, lawyers and administrators and was awarded a "Rao Bahadur" title for his sculpture of George V. Mani Nagappa had his early education in Madras and was working as a choreographer in Tamil films when M. S. Nagappa's death in 1942, compelled him to take over his father's