THE JOURNAL
FIELD NOTES · 8 MIN READ
Three weeks of rain determine everything about this year’s crop — size, pop rate, and what four hundred families earn. Ramesh Sahni walks us through the wettest June in a decade.
Calories, protein, fibre, minerals — the real numbers in a bowl of makhana, what roasting adds,…
Plain-for-plain it is nearly a tie — the real gap is in how each is sold….
Low calorie density, fibre, slow crunch — why makhana genuinely helps a calorie deficit, the three…
The suta grading system, why pop size tracks texture, and five checks that stop you overpaying…
Oil content, texture, farming economics and the polished-fake problem — why mamra costs 3–4× more, and…
What overnight soaking genuinely changes — texture, tannins, the oversold phytic-acid story — plus the right…
What aflatoxins are, where the risk really lives (storage, not fields), FSSAI limits, and how per-batch…