Description:

• Mahua Laddu is made by tribals in the remote Nandurbar belt using a rare forest flower that's sweet and iron-rich.
• Foraged by adivasis, the Mahua flower is packed with vitamins, phosphorus and calcium, making the laddu an ideal after-meal dessert or at-work pick-me-up.
• Endemic to the forests of Maharashtra, Madhuca Longifolia or the Mahua tree has flowers, leaves and seeds that come with a host of culinary and therapeutic benefits.
• The dried flower's high sugar content makes it a natural sweetener and its cooling property helps with piles and diarrhoea.
• The minor forest produce has deep cultural roots, featuring in rituals associated with birth, marriage and death.
• This tree of life is believed to be divine, coming back to form with just a trickle of water, no matter how dry.