This is how rural India cooks
Let’s take a peek into some rustic kitchens across the country to figure out what’s on the stove, and who’s beside it.
With a wok (kadhai) of simmering food by her side, a mother oversees her tot’s studies. (Photo by Dimple Pancholi)
Bhakri is a flatbread prepared from millets like jowar and bajra, served hot from the fires with a dollop of white butter and accompanied by some saag or dal … simple, healthy and wonderful! (Photo by Ranganadham AV)
A coastal woman at a cashew factory in Tulunadu sorts out the cashews manually, a practice that is fast becoming scarce. (Photo by Nithish Damodhar)
Elaborate lunch preparations are made by a woman in an earthen hut. (Photo by Rukmini Choudhury)
Children study near their mother, as she prepares a meal for them. (Photo by Shibasish Saha)
The kheer (rice pudding) that this woman is preparing on a woodfire is bound to taste different from the kheer that is made on a gas stove. (Photo by Afzal Khan).
Date juice, the quintessential charm of winter, is being cured after extraction and the same is served both as a drink and food in the form of aromatic patali, a variety of molasses. (Photo by Amitava Chandra)
This village chef’s glee, despite the absence of helping hands, is apparent. (Photo by Deepa Das)
This woman must tend to her child as a pot of rice boils over in the background. (Photo by Vijaya Thakur)
A traditional wood-fired meal is being cooked outdoors by a woman who’s clearly quite deft at managing the hot utensils that could singe her fingers. (Photo by Afzal Khan)
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In the lead image on top, an old woman prepares to begin cooking for her family on a traditional chula. (Photo by Jayesh Dilipsing Rajput)