In Menu Of Papua New Guinea Lunch Hosted By PM Modi, A Push For Millets

The FIPIC Summit will see participation from leaders of 14 countries. Normally all of them rarely converge together due to connectivity and other issues.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted lunch for the leaders attending the third India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit in Papua New Guinea today. The lip-smacking delicacies on the menu prominently featured Indian cuisine and millets. At the FIPIC Summit in Papua New Guinea with fellow FIPIC leaders. pic.twitter.com/nOArwGJWdc

The memorable lunch included Khandvi, a popular delicacy from PM Modi's home state of Gujarat, malai kofta (cottage cheese and vegetable balls simmered in aromatic Indian rich kofta curry), vegetable Kolhapuri (highland mix vegetable cooked with traditional Indian onion-tomato gravy), dal panchmel (special lentils mix cooked in Mewar style).

With the year 2023 declared as the international year of millets, the Indian delegation ensured that the oldest foods known to the mankind are also served to the delegates. Rajasthani delicacy ragi gatta curry (finger millet and gram flour dumplings cooked in sour gravy) and millet biryani (vegetable biryani made in a traditional way with nutrient-rich barnyard millet) were among the lip-smacking delicacies on the menu.

The guests were also served Masala chaas (summer drink made with creamy yoghurt and Indian spices), paan kulfi (betel leaves flavoured milk based India frozen dessert) and malpua with rabdi (Indian sweet pancake served with sweetened reduced milk) at the lunch hosted by PM Modi at APEC house in Port Morseby.