Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University organized the “Shree Anna” food festival on Monday to mark the World Food Day and promote nutritious and eco-friendly Shree Anna cuisine.
The university administration invited all BHU members and local residents along with their families to taste Shree Anna’s delicacies at the festival organized by the Department of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences near the BHU dairy farm.
The food festival had a wide range of dishes like Shree Anna chapati, nutrition bars, kheer mix, bajra pinni, biscuits, Shree Anna pakoda, sweets, laddu, chakli, drinks, ragi balls steamed, cutlets, pakodas, noodles, momos, bhel. chaat, sev chaat, fried rice and upma, brownies, kheer and panjiri.
According to the BHU spokesperson, the main objective of the festival was to spread the goodness of Shree Anna widely. Based on India’s proposal, the year 2023 was declared the International Year of Millets (IYM) by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making AIM 2023 celebrations a ‘people’s movement’ and positioning India as the ‘millet hub of the world’, all central government ministries/departments, states /UT, farmers, start-ups, exporters, retailers and other stakeholders are engaged to promote and spread awareness about the benefits of millets (Shree Anna) for the farmer, consumer and climate.
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The university administration invited all BHU members and local residents along with their families to taste Shree Anna’s delicacies at the festival organized by the Department of Dairy Science and Food Technology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences near the BHU dairy farm.
The food festival had a wide range of dishes like Shree Anna chapati, nutrition bars, kheer mix, bajra pinni, biscuits, Shree Anna pakoda, sweets, laddu, chakli, drinks, ragi balls steamed, cutlets, pakodas, noodles, momos, bhel. chaat, sev chaat, fried rice and upma, brownies, kheer and panjiri.
According to the BHU spokesperson, the main objective of the festival was to spread the goodness of Shree Anna widely. Based on India’s proposal, the year 2023 was declared the International Year of Millets (IYM) by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making AIM 2023 celebrations a ‘people’s movement’ and positioning India as the ‘millet hub of the world’, all central government ministries/departments, states /UT, farmers, start-ups, exporters, retailers and other stakeholders are engaged to promote and spread awareness about the benefits of millets (Shree Anna) for the farmer, consumer and climate.
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