For a fleeting window each monsoon, women from the Baiga community venture into the sal forests in the central Indian landscape to gather wild harvest, especially putpura—edible wild mushrooms—that appear for just 15 to…
Charota bhaji is often served with pej (corn water), making for a light yet satiating dish.
Putpura mushrooms, foraged from beneath sal trees during the monsoon, are a seasonal delicacy among tribal communities in central India.
—Kalabai Merawi, 45, Kannai village, Madhya Pradesh