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Millet burgers anyone?
Finger Millet (Ragi), Foxtail Millet (Korralu) and Pearl Millet (Bajra) which were once an inseparable part of diet are now making a comeback.
Burgers, pasta and pizza to get a desi twist. The Indian Institute of Millet Research is SET TO open a millet cafe
Hyderabad: Finger Millet (Ragi), Foxtail Millet (Korralu) and Pearl Millet (Bajra) which were once an inseparable part of diet are now making a comeback.
With alarming rise of lifestyle diseases and Hyderabad given the sobriquet ‘diabetes capital of India’ and hypertension catching up among the citizens, the Indian Institute of Millet Research(IIMR), an arm of ICAR (Indian Council for Agriculture Research) has developed nutrition rich fastfood with millets and is soon going to open a millet café perhaps in the heart of city.
Keeping in mind the Indian palette, IIMR developed snacks made with millets that includes traditional upma, dosa, multi grain roti and also American style pizzas, burgers and pastas. These mineral and protein rich snacks would help patients and also develop the habit of increasing intake of millets.
As a first step, the research institute is opening a ‘millet café in the city offering all varieties of foods made with millets. The millet cafes are to be opened in coordination with private agencies and NGOs in the city.
Principal Scientist IIMR, Hyderabad, Dr SS Rao said the institute conducted a study on the preparation of tasty food by using millets in the last two years. He added, “Though rice and wheat have their own use, the two which have become a staple diet have less nutritional value when compared to millets.”
The IIMR submitted a report to the government on the need to promote millet foods across the State to arrest the growing incidence of lifestyle diseases.
The research body also brought to the notice of the government the drastic decline in the cultivation of millets which has been reduced to one lakh acres this year from five lakh acres five years ago.
The pest resistance millets developed by the institute would help the farmers to grow in dry lands with minimum expenditure. The institute is also ready to supply seeds to the farming community.
