This savoury and flavourful thalipeeth uses sorghum and barnyard millet as its main grains. Paired with some curd, the dish makes for a filling and nutritious breakfast.
For farmers working in proximity with forested areas, cultivating food crops is fraught with conflict. But a community led initiative is now trying to safeguard both—local farms in southern India’s ragi growing belt as well as wild elephants who can’t get enough of the tasty millet.
Numerous efforts are being made across the country to revive millets, and promote its consumption. But what does it mean for farmers who grow these grains? Nidaphi Hynniewta speaks to millet farmers from Meghalaya.
A deeply comforting food called multiple names around Asia, congee is versatile in its flavours. This barnyard millet version interprets the traditional rice congee slightly differently, with earthy flavours from the millet, cooked with umami rich mushrooms.
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.
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.