Handia (drink)

Handia
	A bowl of Handia drink
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Indian subcontinent
Main ingredients	Water, alcohol, rice

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Handia (Also handi or hadiya) is a rice beer originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.^[1]

The making involves the use of ranu tablets, which is essentially a combination of about 20-25 herbs and acts as a fermentor.^[1] The ranu tablets are then mixed with boiled rice and left to ferment. The drink is generally ready within a week. It is served cool and has lower alcoholic strength than other Indian country liquors.

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Some interesting indigenous beverages among the tribals of Central India" (PDF). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 6 (1): 141–43. January 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

Handia (drink)

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