Many turned up along with friends and family members to taste and learn about the recipes in about 50 food stalls in the mela organized by the Food Safety and Drug Administration with an aim to promote millet and to train vendors about how to cater food to their customers in a hygienic manner. The year 2023 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Millets.
Dr Vikas Kumar, who came with his son Vansh, said, “Today, junk food is a fad among kids, hence I wanted my son to know about healthy snacks made of millet,” he said. Richa Mehrotra, 26, was surprised to find that several snacks that looked like junk food items but were actually made of millet. “Had the vendor not told me that the lavash and cupcakes were made by mixing jowar, bajra and makka, I would have never found it,” she said. Other major attractions included stalls selling kebabs made of jackfruit, sweets and baked items made of millets. Some stalls even gave free samples of ragi and jowar products.
Visitors also were informed about health hazards of using cooking oil which already has been used once. One of the stalls displayed how used-cooking oil can be converted into biodiesel and used as an alternative of fossil fuel.
Earlier, the event began with a walkathon flagged off by state minister Dayashankar Mishra and attended by college students. It was accompanied by bands of para military forces, home guard and PAC. Wrestler Sangram Singh, who is also brand ambassador of Fit India, encouraged participants to adopt a healthy lifestyle and make millet part of their diet
In the evening, a kathak dance-drama was staged by a group led by Archana Tiwari, bhajans by Sabina Saifi and folk singing by Menka Mishra. (With inputs from Priyanshi Mishra)
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