Millet Revival Project - The Locavore

Making Millets Desirable: Millets in Food Establishments

March 21, 2024

What are the challenges and opportunities surrounding millet consumption in rural and urban India? How can restaurants and businesses potentially work with the grains to make them exciting and accessible to consumers? This discussion attempted to address just that.

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Millets: Reimagining the PDS for Food Sovereignty

January 30, 2024

A session focussed on understanding localised and decentralised approaches to the Public Distribution System in India that incorporate millets to better achieve food security and sovereignty.

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Millet Meetup, Bhopal Edition

November 16, 2024

At Bhopal’s beautiful Cafe Amado, a documentary screening about foxtail millet and a delicious potluck steered us towards a more resilient future.

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Millet Mixer, Kochi Edition

July 21, 2024

At Kochi’s breezy Yacht club, 60 millet enthusiasts and a tasty potluck helped make strides towards a better food future.

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Mingle with Millets, An Immersive Discussion and Cooking Workshop, Kochi

July 20, 2024

Bringing together 54 professionals for an enriching millet discussion, a cooking workshop, and three exciting dishes that had people going for seconds!

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Back to the Future, Delhi’s First-Ever Millet Mixer

February 25, 2024

A film screening, a pub quiz, and millet-inspired cocktails,there’s no reason climate conversations can’t come with a dash of fun.

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Mingle with Millets, An Immersive Cooking Workshop, New Delhi

February 24, 2024

Pairing chefs with storytellers, this workshop delved into the millet ecosystem, its sustainability, innovation, even a ragi pudding loved by elephants.

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Millet Meetup, Bhubaneswar Edition

December 2, 2023

Interactive displays, dating profiles, and a delicious potluck,all inspired by millets and their rich history in Odisha.

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Songs of Survival: The Cultural Memory that Kept Millets Alive

October 12, 2023
Sohel Sarkar

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.

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Main Course

Mixed Millet Rotla

June 13, 2023
Neeta Ritesh Shah

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.

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