Adivasi delicacies on a platter

Traditional Adivasi dishes using mahua (madhuca indica) or ippa flowers were laid out on a platter at Mahua Food Festival jointly organised by the Gondwana Panchayati Rai Centre and the local unit of All India Radio at Luxettipet village of Utnoor mandal here on Friday.

The fare consisted of irruk garkang resembling moong dal vada, irruk gola or mahua laddu and irruk saring or pancake. Other items like the ippa fruit and some indigenous millet varieties were also on display.

The troupe of Pendur Laxmi crooned the ‘Domal irruk-rahdal marra’ song in Gondi. The song relates to the mahua tree describing itself as a woman.

Collector D. Divya inaugurated the food festival while SP Vishnu S. Warrier and ITDA Project Officer S. Krishna Aditya also attended.