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How Tarru Built India's First All-Millet Tasting Menu

An 18-month case study of supplier development, menu engineering, and customer education at the Bengaluru restaurant.

The brief

Chef Mahesh Iyer wanted a menu that paid back farmers in north Karnataka. The constraint: zero rice or wheat...

Supplier development

Eighteen months of partnership with three farmer collectives across Bagalkot and Koppal.