Award-winning Kerala farmer has big plans for mushrooms

The Hindu

Tuesday, March 02, 2021 05:55:00 AM UTC

Shije Varghese, who recently won Kerala State Government’s Best Mushroom Farmer’ award, is not content with just being a farmer. She is focussed on creating a line of value-added products using mushrooms. What started with sponge cake, curry leaf-mushroom chutney powder, cutlet and momos made using powdered and fresh mushrooms will soon include mushroom-fortified rasam, seven kinds of chutney, and soup powder, as well as a water soluble drink.

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