Mahua flowers: The tribal blossom sweetening forest cuisine
As winter ends in India's dry forests, women and children gather pale yellow mahua blossoms, a vital food, ritual, and livelihood for Indigenous communities. This fragrant flower, a slow-growing tree's gift, is dried and used as a natural sweetener, in cooking, and fermented into a potent liquor, sustaining local economies and traditions.
As winter ends in India's dry forests, women and children gather pale yellow mahua blossoms, a vital food, ritual, and livelihood for Indigenous communities. This fragrant flower, a slow-growing tree's gift, is dried and used as a natural sweetener, in cooking, and fermented into a potent liquor, sustaining local economies and traditions.
