Rice Festival

Rice Festival

What happens when India’s experts get together to celebrate rice?
Held on February 4th, 2023 at Jio World Drive, BKC, Mumbai, the Rice Festival served as a platform where Chef Thomas of The Locavore, Chef Gresham from Saltwater Cafe, Rushina Ghildiyal and Tatiana Das of the Veruschka Culinary Foundation of the differently abled kids came together with the tribal farmers from Maharashtra and Gujarat to curate and cook 40 dishes from OOO Farms’ native rice varieties.
OOO Farms Rice Festival 1
OOO Farms Rice Festival Event 1
OOO Farms Rice Festival Event BTS 1
OOO Farms Rice Festival Event BTS

The festival also saw two rice experts, Dr. Debal Deb and Dr. Patil, explain the arduousness and cruciality of not only the rice agriculture but also the conservation of climate-resistant, pest-resistant, flood and famine-resistant and adaptive native & indigenous seeds.

The menu included:

OOO Farms Wild Food Festival Thali Items

PAANKI from AMBI MOTI RICE

CONGEE from SOUPY PARBOILED RICE

RISOTTO from BLACK JACK RICE

BLACK RICE HALWA from KRISHNA SAL BLACK RICE

GHEE BHAAT from SAHYADRI BLACK RICE

CONGEE from RED RICE POHA

KESAR BHAAT from KRISHNA SAL BLACK RICE 

WHITE DHOKLA from ROYAL 98 RICE

RED DHOKLA from RAKHTASHALI RICE

WHITE PATOLI from AJARA GHANSAL RICE

BLACK PATOLI from KRISHNA SAL BLACK RICE

ANARSE from SAHYADRI ROYAL RICE

PEJAVLYA from SAHYADRI BLACK RICE

DONGRAVARCHYA PAPADYA from BALRAM KAMOD RICE

DANGAR BHAKHAR from KRISHNA KAMOD RICE

UNDE from WADA KOLAM RICE

KHEER from BALRAM KAMOD RICE

BHAKHRI from LAL MAHADI RICE

CHAUGHADIYA from ROYAL 98 RICE

HIRVYA MIRCHICHA THECHA from GARLIC & RED JWARI GROUNDNUT

KHURASNI CHI CHUTNEY from NIGER SEED

SAAL PAPAD from WADA KOLAM RICE

KADBOLE from BLACK ROCK RICE

THATTAI from BALRAM KAMOD RICE

RED RICE WAFER from NJAVARA RICE

MURUKKU from AJARA GHANSAL RICE

ROSE COOKIES from SATTAONE RICE

RICE LADDOO from KONKAN RED RICE

WHITE STEAMED RICE from SAHYADRI BLACK RICE

RED STEAMED RICE from KONKAN RED RICE

METHKUT MAU BHAAT from BLACK JACK RICE

MASALA BHAAT from AMBEMOHAR RICE

DAL KHICHDI from AJARA GHANSAL RICE

VARAN from OOO FARMS’ RED TOOR DAL

KALA VATANA CHA KALVAN from OOO FARMS’ KALA VATANA

WHITE IDIYAPPAM from AJARA GHANSAL RICE

POHA PAKODA from RED RICE POHA

RED IDIYAPPAM from BLACK ROCK RICE

COCONUT STEW WITH VEGETABLES

GOLI IDLI from AMBI MOTI RICE

BLACK RICE PAYASAM from KRISHNA SAL BLACK RICE

KHICHIYA PAPAD from AMBI MOTI RICE