Know Millets Webinars 2020, Session # 02

Value addition to millet based products – cooking characteristics, replacing paddy rice or wheat in recipes

Thursday, May 7th 2020. 3 PM to 4 PM (Indian Std Time)

Millets were grown and used in various geographies and cultures across the Indian subcontinent and the world. It is therefore not surprising that dishes were made with millets in many different cuisines, like many other cereal grains. In many families these recipes are lost. We are rediscovering dishes from the families that have still kept their traditions alive or through experimentation. When experimenting, it would help to have an idea of what are some of characteristics and cooking qualities of millets. In this session, we shall share some of our understanding about these grains, their nutritional benefit, how different types of cooking changes their taste, texture and bio availability of nutrients. The influence of cultivation practices on nutritional content and cooking quality shall also be discussed briefly.

Anchor/Moderator: Dr. Gauri Rokkam

Dr. Gauri Rokkam is a holistic nutritionist. She blends principles of sound nutrition, yoga and natural hygiene (popularly known as Nature Cure) to ensure clients fulfil their health & fitness goals & achieve vibrant health. She believes that true health needs education, awareness and a will to change wrong habits, rather than just diets and treatments. Her endeavour is to help clients and our society at large, understand the fact that the ability to heal is from within, through her personal consultation, talks, holistic nutrition course and clinical training.
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Speaker: Dr. Dwiji Guru

Dwiji is a serial entrepreneur, technology developer, researcher, and advocate for sustainable food systems. Dwiji consult for and work with various stakeholders – from farmers to consumers – on dry land farming, processing, specializing in various aspects of millets spanning a broad spectrum from cultivation practices, processing, cooking to nutrition.
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Please note that registration closes at 10AM of the day of the webinar, i.e. May 7th, 2020. In case you are reading this after the registration closed, you can still participate by joining us on the YouTube Livestream.

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Previous sessions in KMW 2020

May 4th – Community centric approach – cultivation, processing, consumption