Wild and spicy

The saas-bahu cereal

Aparna Pallavi took 20 years to understand Vidarbha’s culinary character. It lies in the staple

Healthy fast food

Sahyadri tribals eat buckwheat to stay fit

How about some baby crocs?

The fern adds flavour, nutrition to the food of Maharashtra’s tribals

A wild food trail

Aparna Pallavi shares a monsoon recipe of Chhattisgarh

Stalk soup

Tribals in central India use mushroom stalks to ward off chills and cold

A touch of powder

Maharashtrians spice up their simple meals with dry oilseed chutney

Bite into bitters

Maharashtra tribals’ way of warding off monsoon maladies

Weed on my plate

Tribals of central India vouch for the taste and health benefits of neglected wild vegetables

Eat it bland, eat it pickled

Stubborn weed selni was once a favourite among central India farmers for its cooling effect

Come alive with gundruk

Dried-mustard-leaves soup to beat the monsoon blues

Gulp it down the cool way

Thambli, a decoction of herbs, and a soothing drink

Yamilicious!

During her visit to Indore, Aparna Pallavi tickles her taste buds with crispy fried purple yam or garadu and discovers the health benefits of the …

Against the grain

Goodness of the unpolished

The popularity of polished white rice has killed the red and black varieties that have medicinal properties. A few Tamil Nadu farmers are …

Become iron woman, eat veggies

As government fails to tackle anaemia, NGOs in Maharashtra help women increase haemoglobin by raising kitchen gardens

Maharashtra revokes ban on popular lentil

Foodwise

Farmers in Maharashtra revive 120 varieties of local crops

Drought made palatable

When rains fail, people dependent on forests can relish the strong-flavoured sarata bhaji and enjoy the added bonus of health benefits

Delightful appearance

For tribal people, the thrill of food lies in the knowledge and awareness about picking the right food at the right time

Struck at the root

Livelihood of 2,000 families is threatened as the Maharashtra forest department tries to ban extraction of lotus roots

Blossoms with benefits

Heti flower adds variety to cooking when few options are available just before the harvest season in Maharashtra