Little Millet - The Ancient Forgotten Food Grain

HISTORY: Little millet is also called as king of cereals because of its rich nutrition content. It is a very reliable crop in view of its resistance to pests/diseases, to adverse agro-climatic conditions of high drought as well as water logging. It was grown throughout India and is a traditional...

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Forgotten Food - The Magical Black Rice

India was home to many indigenous varieties of rice before the advent of green revolution. It is said that there were around 23,000 varieties of rice cultivated in India alone. We have forgotten and lost most of these species due to the homogenization of rice especially the hybrid and modified...

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Forgotten Superfoods - Moringa Oleifera

Use this miracle forgotten food in your daily diet to see their health benefits.  Moringa leaves can be used in various recipes including smoothies, smoothie bowls, dosa batter, roti/chapatti dough, chutney powders, curries, sambhar and rasam. Dried leaves powder in packed form is available for ready consumption. Drumsticks can used...

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Forgotten Foods - Tulsi the Queen of Herbs

In Ayurveda, Tulsi is known as “The Incomparable One,” “Mother Medicine of Nature” and “The Queen of Herbs,” and is revered as an “elixir of life” that is without equal for both its medicinal and spiritual properties. In India, Tulsi has been a part of spiritual rituals and lifestyle practices. The...

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Calcium Bomb - The Forgotten Finger Millet

Finger millet or Raagi has the highest Calcium content of 300-350 mg/100g found in any grain in the world.

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The Nutrious Forgotten Foxtail Millet

Foxtail Millet was grown in ancient India rampantly until rice cultivation took over it's place. Historians say that Vijayanagar Empire started promoting cultivation of rice so that farmers become dependent on the irrigation system and in turn pay taxes to the Empire.Whereas millet was a rainfed crop and they couldn't...

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Forgotten Kodo Millet Neer Dosa

Kodo millet neer dosa is easy to make and tastes delicious. Kodo millet is one of those FORGOTTEN grains that was part of our staple diet across India. Known as Kodon in Oriya, Varagu in Tamil and Aarka in Kannada.  Enjoy this easy to make gluten free dosa recipe.

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Forgotten Millet Lemon Rice

Millet lemon rice is easy to cook, light, nutritious and healthy for your body. Millet lemon rice can be made using any Forgotten millet like Foxtail, Little, Barnyard or Kodo. It is gluten free, diabetic and vegan friendly.

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Forgotten Foods - Foxtail Millet Dosa

Dosa is a traditional South Indian dish which can be made with “Forgotten Foods” Foxtail millet. In this Startdesi blog we give you the recipe for preparing foxtail millet dosa using forgotten foxtail grains.

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Forgotten Foods Kodo Millet Pulao

Kodo Millet ia also known as Aarka in Kannada, Varagu in Tamil, Arikelu in Telugu, is a complete food. Below is the recipe for forgotten foods kodo millet pulao.

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Brahmi Tambuli - Forgotten Foods

Brahmi is a forgotten food which was part of regular food with immense health benefits both to children and elders. Brahmi is also known as Gotu Kola in some parts of the world. Its scientific name is Centella Asiatica.

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Why FORGOTTEN FOODS?

Until 60 years ago precious millets such as Foxtail, Barnyard, Kodo, Brown top, Pearl, Finger and Little millets were commonly consumed in India. These have now been replaced predominantly by grains such as rice and wheat. These millets have a place in history over millenia in India, China, Iraq, Iran,...

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