The new millet wave: Why more people are talking about the grains now

[ad_1] Long before millet cookies were all the rage and millet pancake mixes lined supermarket shelves, an organic farmer in a village called T Kallupatti near Madurai readied his land for a sturdy crop. This was in 2007, when awareness on millets was limited to roadside kambankoozh (fermented pearl millet porridge.) Pamayan started to cultivate […]

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Six millet-based recipes to try this Pongal

[ad_1] The United Nations has declared 2023 as the year of the millet. Once called “cereals of the poor”, in 2018 the Indian government gave this superfood a face-lift and renamed it ‘nutricereals’. Ever since, millets have become a popular alternative to rice and wheat. Experts believe that millets are one of the oldest foods […]

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