The Journal
Recipes, millets, and reading labels
Practical writing about traditional Indian grains and feeding a family well. No listicles, no miracle claims.
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Reading a health mix label: five things worth checking
Most packs on the shelf are mostly rice flour and sugar. Five checks will tell you which is which in about ten seconds.
5 min read·
milletsguide
Seven millets, explained simply — and why a blend beats any one of them
Foxtail, little, kodo, barnyard, proso, pearl and finger millet all get sold as 'millets'. They behave quite differently in a glass.
6 min ·
how-torecipes
How to make health mix kanji that never goes lumpy
Lumps are not your fault and not the powder's fault — they are a temperature problem. Here is the two-minute method that fixes it permanently.
4 min ·