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IRCTC introduces millet dishes in trains

Food items such as millet laddoo, bread, and roti made of bajra, jowar, ragi, millet kachori, millet khichdi, millet dalia, millet biscuits, ragi idli, ragi dosa, and ragi uttapam, among others will be served to train passengers.

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Lucknow: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is planning to introduce nutritious additions to its menu which will include millet-based dishes.

IRCTC’s chief regional manager Ajit Kumar Sinha said that all the vendors in Uttar Pradesh — including 78 static units at railway platforms — have been asked to add millet-based food items in their menu.

“Along with them, mobile units of railways, pantry cars, and IRCTC restaurants in the government buildings have also been given the same direction,” he added.

The IRCTC official further said, “The measures are being undertaken in line with 2023 being declared by the United Nations as the International Year of Millets.”

According to IRCTC, food items such as millet laddoo, bread, and roti made of bajra, jowar, ragi, millet kachori, millet khichdi, millet dalia, millet biscuits, ragi idli, ragi dosa, and ragi uttapam, among others will be served to train passengers.

This post was last modified on March 30, 2023 2:52 pm

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