 "Karnataka taps chefs to promote millet recipes, boost consumption")
Karnataka is tapping top chefs from five-star hotels of the Taj group and ITC to come up with recipes using millet, a cereal that it wants to promote among consumers.
The state, facing its worst drought in four decades, wants to encourage people to shift from water-intensive crops to millet. For this, it is promoting consumption that would encourage farmers to grow the crop. Bengaluru, the state capital, has emerged as the largest market for organic and millet food in the country.
"We are looking at everything from pastas, to bread, to pizzas, using millet. We want to
The state, facing its worst drought in four decades, wants to encourage people to shift from water-intensive crops to millet. For this, it is promoting consumption that would encourage farmers to grow the crop. Bengaluru, the state capital, has emerged as the largest market for organic and millet food in the country.
"We are looking at everything from pastas, to bread, to pizzas, using millet. We want to
