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Black Rice and the Stories It Carries
Discover black rice in India through its deep colour, distinctive cooking texture and regional food traditions.
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Food JournalJournal archive · edition 05
More stories for the kitchen.
Keep following family recipes, regional ingredients and useful ideas for everyday cooking.
Opening storyBlack Rice and the Stories It Carries 5 min
12 stories in this editionPage 5 of 8Fresh trails through food and home
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More stories for a healthier, happier kitchen
Keep exploring farm journeys, family recipes, seasonal tables and bright everyday kitchen ideas.
Jowar Before It Became a Trend
Explore jowar recipes through bhakri, rotla, porridge and the everyday kitchens that kept sorghum traditions alive.
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Mustard Seed to Kachi Ghani Oil
Follow mustard seeds from yellow fields through cleaning, pressing and packing to a fragrant bottle of kachi ghani oil.
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Groundnut from Pod to Press
Follow groundnuts from harvest and shelling through sorting and pressing into aromatic cooking oil.
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Sesame’s Long Road to a Small Bottle
Discover how tiny sesame seeds are harvested, cleaned, pressed and protected on their way to the kitchen.
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Turmeric from Rhizome to Pantry Powder
Follow turmeric from an underground rhizome through curing, drying and grinding into everyday haldi powder.
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Coriander from Flower to Masala Box
Follow coriander from delicate flowers to dried seeds, ground powder and the everyday Indian masala box.
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Wheat to Chakki Atta
Follow wheat through harvest, cleaning and chakki milling before it becomes dough and soft family rotis.
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Paddy to Hand-Pounded Rice
Follow paddy through drying, dehusking and pounding before the rice reaches a family cooking pot.
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Milk, Curd, Butter and Ghee
Follow the traditional journey from milk and curd to churned butter and aromatic ghee.
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From Pulse Pod to Split Dal
Follow pulses from field and pod through drying, dehusking, splitting and sorting into everyday dal.
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Makhana from Wetland to Pantry
Follow makhana through the wetlands and skilled popping traditions of Mithila before it reaches the snack bowl.
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