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Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat CEO Mona Roat has appealed to the nationalist to halt consuming junk nutrient and alternatively devour nutrient prepared from millets to amended their health.
She inaugurated a ‘Cooking Competition of Forgotten Recipes’ arsenic portion of a district-level millet just organised successful Chamarajanagar connected December 18 by symbolically pouring ragi from a bamboo handbasket into a clay pot. The millet just was organised jointly by the Chamarajanagar territory administration, Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat, and Agriculture Department successful Chamarajanagar successful the run-up to the International Millet Trade Fair 2026, scheduled to beryllium held successful Bengaluru from January 16 to 18.
Ms. Roat noted with regret that that the depletion of accelerated nutrient and junk nutrient had accrued successful caller times portion nutrient items prepared from millets were gradually disappearing from eating tables.
Pointing retired that determination were less nutrients successful the nutrient that radical successful wide devour today, she noted that junk food, nevertheless palatable, has adverse effects connected health. “Instead of offering specified nutrient to children, it is amended to springiness them home-cooked dishes made from millets,” she said.
Further, she cautioned that the depletion of definite packaged nutrient products tin beryllium harmful to health. “Our elders lived agelong and steadfast lives by eating meals and snacks prepared from millets. Mothers should guarantee that children are fixed home-cooked food,” she said, emphasising the request to cultivate millets and walk them connected arsenic a bequest to the adjacent generation.
Meanwhile, Sushma, associated director, Department of Agriculture, recalled that participants from Chamarajanagar territory had won prizes successful earlier State-level competitions. She hoped that participants from the territory would instrumentality portion successful the International Millet Trade Fair 2026 and triumph prizes again.
Judges for the cooking contention included Dr. Dhanyashree and Dr. Manjunath from Chamarajanagar Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS), too Dr. Deepa from Krish Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Haradanahalli.
Ms. Roat, Ms. Sushma, and the judges sampled and appreciated the assortment of dishes prepared from antithetic types of millets during the event.
