The self-sufficient hamlets in Tamil Nadu’s Sittilingi Valley offer valuable lessons in taking ownership of community health and farming, and the place millet cultivation occupies in doing so.
A traditional Kerala sweet steamed in banana leaves, this version of Ela Ada swaps rice flour for little millet, imparting an earthy flavour to the wholesomeness of coconut and jaggery. A simple, timeless delight.
Comprising short-grained, aromatic rice along with whole spices and mutton or beef, Tehari is intrinsic to Bangladesh. Here, Swati Bhaduri replaces red meat with prawns, and rice with browntop millet for a lighter meal.
Tapas Chandra Roy talks to Anoushka Rabha about the challenges of millet cultivation at the grassroots level, the Odisha Millet Mission, and sustainable farm-to-plate models.
A quintessential Indo-Chinese appetiser, chilli chicken is a spicy, tangy dish where cornflour is used to coat chicken that is then fried with vegetables and soy sauce. This version, comprising ragi flour, is just as delicious.
Elubai and Govind Bhaiyya—a farmer couple from Devasiya village in Madhya Pradesh—talk to Laxminarayan Devda about preparing for the Kharif sowing season, why they practise chemical-free farming, and how more farmers in the region can be encouraged to plant jowar.
मध्य प्रदेश के देवसिया गांव के किसान दंपत्ति एलुबाई और गोविंद भैया ने लक्ष्मीनारायण
देवड़ा से खरीफ की बुआई की तैयारी, रसायन मुक्त खेती क्यों करते हैं और क्षेत्र के अधिक
किसानों को ज्वार की खेती के लिए कैसे प्रोत्साहित किया जा सकता है के बारे में बात की।
Mukta Patil, Shirin Mehrotra, Smit Zaveri, and Taiyaba Ali
What can make a day luminous? What can make millets fun, easy even? Friendships, and a little bit of faith, it seems. Mukta Patil, editor at the Millet Revival Project gathers some girlfriends, and perspectives, at this joyous millet-centric potluck in Delhi.