According to officials, Mumbai will host a food festival featuring millet from April 13-19. The event will feature chefs from four member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia, who will display their diverse cuisines.
The Ministry of Tourism will be organizing the SCO Millet Food Festival at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel.
In a statement, the Ministry noted that chefs from the SCO member nations will participate in the event and present their diverse cuisines to the hotel guests.
To celebrate the International Year of Millets, Taj Mahal Palace will host the SCO Millet Food Festival, which will include a variety of organic millet-based dishes carefully curated by “our SCO members’ chefs,” according to the hotel.
The statement mentioned that the festival will run from April 14-19 and will be available to the general public for lunch and dinner at Shamiana Restaurant.
Comprised of eight member nations including China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as four observer states and fourteen dialogue partners, the SCO is an intergovernmental organization.
For the year 2023, India holds the presidency of the SCO.
In Varanasi (Kashi), the Ministry of Tourism has successfully concluded the SCO Tourism Mart from February 9-11, as well as the SCO Expert Level Tourism Working Group Meeting and SCO Tourism Minister’s Meeting from March 13-18.
As per the officials, the SCO member countries possess a wide array of cultures and traditions, which is aptly mirrored in their cuisines. These cuisines will offer exceptional delights to food enthusiasts.
The United Nations has declared 2023 the International Year of Millets with the goal of raising awareness and increasing the production and consumption of millets. The statement added that promoting millets is significant since they are “climate resilient” and their consumption can aid in meeting at least six sustainable development goals mandated by the UN.