Aparna Pallavi is a former environment journalist who has written extensively about indigenous food based on two decades of experience with India's indigenous tribals. Since March 2016, she is on a gift culture journey across India rediscovering the lost food traditions around Mahua.
Mahua, Food & Shame
At our Urban Adda in Hyderabad, Aparna Pallavi talks about the unique Mahua tree and shows us a unique preparation called Kudmul. In modern times, these food traditions have all but disappeared. Mahua trees have disappeared large scale from all parts of India, and are surviving only in the forests where the indigenous populations have protected them.
