What foods did your ancestors love? | Aparna Pallavi
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Mahua Is a Very Nutritious Food
India had just such a food called mahua, this flower over there. It is known to be highly nutritious in indigenous tradition and in scientific knowledge. For the indigenous it used to be a staple for four to six months a year. I found 35 different dishes with mahua that no one cooks any more. This food is no longer even recognized as a food, but as raw material for liquor. You could be arrested for having it in your house. Reason shame.
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