T<\/span>ribals of the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha are seeking a Geographical Indications(GI) tag for <\/span>Kai Chutney.<\/b><\/p>\n Kai Chutney is a food item made from Kai (Red Weaver Ant) in Odisha\u2019s Mayurbhanj district.<\/span><\/p>\n This chutney is rich in valuable proteins, calcium, zinc, vitamin B-12, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, copper, fiber and 18 amino acids and is known to boost the immune system and keep diseases at bay.<\/span><\/p>\n Weaver ants scientifically called Oecophylla smaragdina are abundantly found in Mayurbhanj throughout the year. They construct nests with the leaves of host trees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The chutney is made by maxing ants with ingredients such as grinding salt, ginger, garlic and chilly.<\/span><\/p>\n The tribes of Mayurbhanj consume Kai chutney or soup to get rid of flu, common cold, whooping cough, to increase appetite, and enhance vision and eyesight naturally without corrective eyewear among others.<\/span><\/p>\n The tribal healers prepare <\/span>medicinal oil <\/b>by dipping the collected Kais in pure mustard oil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, Kais are also <\/span>bio-control agents<\/b>. They are aggressive and prey on most arthropods entering their territory. Due to their predatory habit, Kais are recognised as biological control agents in tropical crops as they are able to protect a variety of crops against many different insect pests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Targeting <\/b>GI tag, Mayurbhanj\u2019s superfood \u2018ant chutney\u2019 set to find more tables\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> The Hindu on 4th July 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the News? Tribals of the Mayurbhanj district in Odisha are seeking a Geographical Indications(GI) tag for Kai Chutney. What is Kai Chutney? Kai Chutney is a food item made from Kai (Red Weaver Ant) in Odisha\u2019s Mayurbhanj district. This chutney is rich in valuable proteins, calcium, zinc, vitamin B-12, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium,… Continue reading Targeting GI tag, Mayurbhanj\u2019s superfood \u2018ant chutney\u2019 set to find more tables<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-193913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is Kai Chutney?<\/b><\/h5>\n
How is Kai Chutney made?<\/b><\/h5>\n
Why do people consume Kai Chutney?<\/b><\/h5>\n
What are the other uses of Kai (Red Weaver Ant)?<\/b><\/h5>\n