The Millet Revival Project, a collaboration between The Locavore and Rainmatter Foundation aims to reinvigorate India’s relationship with millets, combining in-depth research, community engagement, and impactful storytelling to highlight the grain’s health and ecological benefits.

MILLET STORIES

What kind of stories have you been reading about millets this past year? Through these stories, we want to bring you diverse and nuanced narratives featuring growers whose work we believe in, and underrepresented accounts of relationships with millets. We explore how complex the millet system really is, and their role in a fulfilling future for everyone. 

• • Books on Food

Flour Power: Women-led Millet Value Chains Improve Local Nutrition

• Saahil Parekh, Karan Shinghal, Nandini Agarwal, and Shuva Raha
• March 29, 2024

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• • Stories

‘Kutki Gets Ready Just with Dew’

• Shirin Mehrotra
• March 14, 2024

• • Stories

What Can Charred Plant Remains Tell Us About the History of Millet Cultivation?

• Mukta Patil
• February 7, 2024

• • The Locavore Champions
  • Millet Revival Project

Shared With Elephants: Growing Ragi in Harmony with Local Wildlife

• Shivani Unakar
• December 27, 2023

• • Features
  • Stories

As Millets Steal the Spotlight, What Do Its Growers Have to Say about It?

• Nidaphi Hynniewta
• December 2, 2023

MILLET RECIPES

How often do millets feature in your meals? At the Millet Revival Project, we savour recipes that celebrate the versatility and heritage of different regions, communities, and millet varieties across the Indian subcontinent. Oh, and recipes that are paired with delicious stories — those are our favourite kinds!

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• Breakfast
• Main Course

Jowar ki Raab

• Surabhi Bhandari
• March 28, 2024

Raab is a famed Marwadi drink, made with millets like jowar or bajra. The millet flour, mixed with yoghurt, is cooked to a kadhi-like consistency for a refreshingly cool drink in the summer,…

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• Main Course

Foxtail and Mutton Pitha

• Sayani Sengupta
• March 27, 2024

Pithas are a festive delicacy in Odisha—a kind of pancake usually made with rice, and stuffed with fillings like jaggery, lentils, and grated coconut, just to name a few. It is a versatile…

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• Breakfast

Foxtail Ganji Annam with Fish Pickle

• Sayani Sengupta
• March 27, 2024

Ganji Annam is a rice porridge from Andhra Pradesh that is traditionally made by fermenting cooked rice overnight, with additions like yoghurt, carom seeds, and slit green chillies. Here, the…

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• Main Course

Kutki Rice and Hare Chane ka Saag

• Fakir Chand Uikey
• March 15, 2024

Kutki, if cooked carefully with enough water, turns out fluffy like rice. Its taste is nutty, with a deep, earthy flavour. During the short season when green chickpea shoots are still young,…

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• Breakfast
• Snacks and Appetisers

Foxtail Gola Moglai

• Sayani Sengupta
• February 26, 2024

A filling Bengali breakfast, these fluffy, savoury, pancake-esque snacks replace wheat flour with foxtail flour, making for a lighter, and more nourishing dish

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• Main Course

Foxtail Bamboo Chicken Biryani

• Sayani Sengupta
• February 23, 2024

In this rustic biryani recipe that can be made at home, a hollow bamboo is used for creating a uniquely flavoured dish; reminiscent of the charcoal ovens and sand pits traditionally used to…

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MILLET RESOURCE BANK

Welcome to the Millet Resource Bank, a pivotal component of the Millet Revival Project. This initiative aims to rejuvenate the cultivation, distribution, and accessibility of millets across diverse regions of India. Our resource bank is a dynamic repository that brings together farmers, consumer brands, restaurants, and collaborators to foster conversations and partnerships within the millet space.

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