Technical report at the Indian millet festival, 2023

Abstract

It was a celebration of international year of millet 2023 and a life style for environment, along with the Indian Food Festival. Among the Dignitaries present were the Indian High Commissioner, the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Deputy Minister for Environment Science and Technology and Innovation (MESTI). The United Nation General Assembly have declared 2023 as international year of millet. Millet provides affordable nutrients option which is easy to grow. The aim is to popularize millet in our foods. Along with the Food Festival of India, there are variety of food items from different states of India, prepared from millet. Besides, there was also ‘millet in my food’ competition in which the best five (5) dishes were awarded by panel of judges. The five dishes came from the following categories; 2 from snacks, 2 from the main course meal, 1 from dessert. CSIR- Food Research Institute was invited and it was represented by Mr. Thomas Najah, my good self