Meals, snacks and desserts can be prepared from different kinds of millets | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna If you are planning to switch over from cereals to millets, head to Pathayam – Millets Café, the first millets café in the Thiruvananthapuram district, which will open on April 26. The initiative comes in the wake of … Read more
At the peak of Uttarakhand’s statehood movement in the 1990s, the hills would often reverberate with the ” Kodo-Jhangora khayenge, Uttarakhand banayenge” slogan, remembers Dwarika Prasad Semwal, a social activist who has pioneered a mission to popularise the State’s traditional foods. The slogan appealed to Mr. Semwal, at the time a teenager helping his father … Read more
Watch | Why is this millet eatery in Visakhapatnam so popular? Have you tried millet idlis and dosas? In Visakhapatnam, a growing number of people are making the switch from traditional rice batter idlis, to healthier alternatives offered by millets. This eatery, called Vasenapoli, sees long queues every day, for its special idlis, dosas, jowar … Read more
The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution sponsored by India and supported by over 70 nations declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets. “Delighted that Indian sponsored @UN resolution on ‘International Year of Millets 2023’ was adopted by consensus in #UNGA this morning. Big step to promote nutritional and ecological benefits … Read more