Category: millet
Product Type: normal
Due to the immense nutritional value & health benefits and fewer input requirements to cultivate millets them (when compared to wheat and rice), millets and ancient grains including foxtail millets are making a comeback. To focus more on their cultivation and consumption, the United Nations has declared the Year 2023 as ‘the International year of Millets’.
A Millet with ancient roots : Also known as Kangni, thinai, rala, kankum etc., foxtail millet is one of the world's oldest cultivated crops. In South India, it has been a staple diet among people for a long time. It is commonly associated with Lord Murugan and is referred to often in Tamil Sangam Literature.