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Meet the Canberra duo on a mission to put lentils on every Aussie plate
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Amrita Burman and Manjula Mishra set up a business in late 2020 to make it easier for people to incorporate lentils in their daily diet.
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Launching a business is no small feat at the best of times but launching a business during a global pandemic from your home is another thing altogether.
But late last year, that is exactly what friends Manjula Mishra and Amrita Burman decided to do.
From Manjula s kitchen in Greenway, in Canberra s south, Simply Lentils was born a small line of prepackaged lentil and spice mixes designed to pass on our ancient Indian food heritage using Aussie grown lentils .
From cattle feed to top chefs: Pinaroo farmers turn weather-damaged lentils into gluten-free flour
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The Lawson family decided to experiment after a nutritionist suggested adding more protein to their youngest daughter s diet.
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Almost all lentils grown in Australia are exported to overseas markets
Farmers Phillipa and Skeet Lawson hope to create an alternative market for weather-damaged lentils
Most premium lentils grown in Australia are exported, but lentils that are cracked, chipped or discoloured often end up as cattle feed.
Pinnaroo-based farmers Phillipa and Skeet Lawson in South Australia s Mallee region are trying to change that and have started to turn their weather-damaged lentils into a gluten-free flour.
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Last summer, as the pandemic raged on, my colleague Sophie Gilbert became a parent. It was the hardest thing she’s ever done.
“Other than my husband, not a single person I love has really seen me being a mother,” she writes in an extraordinary essay. “This new person I’ve become since I gave birth is a person virtually no one knows.”
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