Reviving the Sacred Soils of Bihar

GI-Tagged Makhana: The Diamond of Wetlands

Bihar accounts for over 85% of the world's high-grade Makhana (foxnuts). For centuries, traditional harvesting families in Darbhanga and Madhubani have dived into natural freshwater ponds to hand-gather gorgon nut seeds at dawn.

At Bihan Food, we bypassed industrial bleaching and chemical processing. Our makhana is harvested sustainably, sun-dried naturally on traditional bamboo mats, and roasted using ancestral clay roasting techniques to retain 100% of its native crunch, protein, and calcium.

Ancient Churning: Whole Curd, Never Cream

Modern commercial ghee is extracted in minutes by centrifuging raw milk into synthetic cream. In stark contrast, Bihan Food honors the Vedic 5-step Bilona churn:

1. Fresh milk from grass-fed indigenous cows is boiled over gentle cow dung fires.
2. Cultured overnight into probiotic whole-milk curd.
3. Bi-directionally churned using hand-crafted wooden bilonas.
4. Fresh cultured butter (makkhan) is separated.
5. Clarified slowly at low temperatures to produce golden, aromatic, granular A2 Vedic Ghee.