Handia (drink)
Handia
Handia (Also hadia, handiya or hadiya) is a rice beer commonly made by the indigenous people in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India.[1]
The making involves the use of ranu tablets, which is essentially a combination of about 20-25 herbs and acts as a fermentor.[1] The ranu tablets are then mixed with boiled rice and left to ferment. The drink is generally ready within a week. It is served cool and has lower alcoholic strength than other Indian country liquors.
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- 1 2 "Some interesting indigenous beverages among the tribals of Central India" (PDF). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 6 (1): 141–43. January 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
Further reading
- Satpathy, Nirupama; Rashmi Ranjan Satpathy. "Handia: The Source of Livelihood of Tribal Women A Case Study on Munda Women in Keonjhar District, Orissa". Livelihoods and Poverty Reduction: Lessons From Eastern India, 25–27 September 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
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