Millet Mixer, Kochi Edition
At Kochi’s breezy Yacht club, 60 millet enthusiasts and a tasty potluck helped make strides towards a better food future.
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Millet Revival Project
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Mingle with Millets, An Immersive Discussion and Cooking Workshop, Kochi
Bringing together 54 professionals for an enriching millet discussion, a cooking workshop, and three exciting dishes that had people going for seconds!
Back to the Future, Delhi’s First-Ever Millet Mixer
A film screening, a pub quiz, and millet-inspired cocktails—there’s no reason climate conversations can’t come with a dash of fun.
Mingle with Millets, An Immersive Cooking Workshop, New Delhi
Pairing chefs with storytellers, this workshop delved into the millet ecosystem, its sustainability, innovation, even a ragi pudding loved by elephants.
Millet Meetup, Bhubaneswar Edition
Interactive displays, dating profiles, and a delicious potluck—all inspired by millets and their rich history in Odisha.
Songs of Survival: The Cultural Memory that Kept Millets Alive
Certain food memories linger in a community’s collective consciousness long after the food itself may have disappeared from people’s plates and farmers’ fields. Sohel Sarkar writes on the farming songs and rituals that have sustained millets in different parts of India.
Mixed Millet Rotla
Sorghum, pearl millet, and finger millet flours are combined to make this wholesome dish, with recipes for cucumber-tomato sabji, and chilli pickle that pair perfectly with it.
Ragi Laddoo
This recipe has been documented for The Locavore by Shabnam Afrien of Odisha Millets Mission (OMM). A flagship programme of the government of Odisha, OMM was launched in 2017 to improve the nutrition of tribal communities in Odisha through revival of millets in farming and their diets.
Krai, Mushroom, and Piscot Soup
This Khasi-inspired mushroom and piscot soup substitutes maida or cornflour with a healthier alternative: ragi, or finger millet.
The Return of the Forgotten Millet
With the United Nations declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYOM), and the growing attempts to revive this ancient Indian grain, do you ever wonder where it disappeared to in the first place? Arathi Menon helps us understand why millets vanished from our diets, and the value of bringing it back.
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