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Fighting monsoon diseases with rat meat!

Updated on Jul 26, 2007 08:37 pm IST

Its bizarre but true. Villagers are fighting monsoon diseases with a delicacy made of rat meat with herbs. The bizarre preparation is confined to a tribal community in Kerala's Kottayam district. And the larger the rats are, the better they are considered to be. Around 50 families belonging to a backward class believe rat meat has medicinal values to fight seasonal diseases, especially during the monsoon season.

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