MITHI: Where scores of people enjoy a luxurious life with modern tools and equipments in Mithi Tharparkar, Shreedevi, a resident of the area, still consumes traditional methods of grinding the grains at her home.
Talking to Daily Times, Shreedevi said that she prioritises traditional methods of grinding the grains since it is healthier and proper diet.
“After marriage, my family members and siblings migrated to city from village because of more facilities, better education and maternity system, but I believe traditional methods help in keeping a check on diet and overall health. The use of hand mills can improve quality of the grain,” she said.
A Thari woman, Shreedevi, grinds the grains in a traditional hand mill, which she says produces healthier flour. pic.twitter.com/fsUFeBeBcy
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Her daughter, Vidya, also agreed to his mother saying that “There’s a lot of difference between the taste of flour from a modern mill and that of a hand mill. I believe flour produced via a hand mill enables freshness in food and is the only source to make it perfect.”
Daily Times learnt that in past, it was difficult to purchase hand mills and that those who had them at homes were considered as superior class. Sindhi poets and folklorists have also compiled such dying traditions in their prose and fiction writings.