Maithili folk saying a popular Maithili folk proverb for the cultural significance of Makhanas for the communities of Bihar:
“Pag Pag Pokhar Machh Makhan
Saras Bol Maski Muk Paan
Vidya Vaibhav Shanti Pratik
Saras Kshatra Mithilchal Thek. ,
(At every step, you will get a pond, fish and mock. People speak sweetly, chew the betel – Mithila in knowledge, prosperity and peace.)
At home, when I was younger, my mother used to roast often makhanaWith a pinch of salt and pepper, transform them into a light and complete the evening breakfast.
Years later, while working in a restaurant, I wanted to experiment with a healthy bite and the toast aroma of my mother’s roasted fox suddenly went out of my memory and in my kitchen. I decided to implement her soil technique to focus focustens, but added various tastes such as peri-pere, mint chutney and other spices. I also made some jaggery-coated Makhan, which turned out to be a hit.
In 2019, Nadin appeared on Hobby Shark Tank USA, Demanding $ 200,000 for 10 percent of her “popped water lily seed snack”, BoothHer story was that, like many regular Americans, she loved popcorn until she discovered the seeds of popped water lily – or, as I would say, Makhana.
He signed a deal for a loan of $ 200,000 at nine percent interest in three years with Kevin O’elary in exchange for eight percent equity. Interestingly, his product came from India, where Makhana has been a part of food culture for a long time.
Makhana is mostly cultivated in the Terai ponds of Bihar, Orissa, Assam and West Bengal. Makhana of Mithilanchal has also earned a geographical signal (GI) tag in 2022, which further strengthened its cultural and culinary importance.
India, in fact, is part of a lion in global makhana production, in which Bihar alone produces 90 percent of the world’s total makhana.