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Know Your Desi Ingredients

July 6, 2026
The Locavore Team

July – September 2026 | Ingredients are often the carriers of diverse community knowledge, memories, and stories of labour and skill. Join the conversation and explore the life behind ingredients in neighbourhoods, our market baskets, on our kitchen shelves, and beyond.

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Longing for Home Food

Childhood Friend Priti and Aditi Share a Recipe for Popti

July 4, 2026
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Priti and Aditi share a recipe for Popti, where fragrant Bhamburda leaves are packed into an earthen pot, sealed, and slow-cooked over an open fire.

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Longing for Home Food

Akoijam and Beauty’s Love for Yongchak Eromba

July 4, 2026
The Locavore Team

Cousins Akoijam and Beauty trace fond memories through one of their favourite Manipuri dishes.

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Producers

Forest Pick: Handcrafting Wild Tea in Southern Manipur

July 1, 2026
The Locavore Team

Forest Pick sources wild tea leaves from across eight villages—including Santing, as pictured here—in southern Manipur. All photos courtesy of Forest Pick.

Established in 2018 by siblings Aijulie, Boilal, Jemshe, and Julie Gangte, Forest Pick sources and retails wild tea from the hills adjoining the Churachandpur district in southern Manipur.

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