New Delhi, Oct. 31 -- Walk into any Indian kitchen at dinner time and you will find some version of the same scene: a stack of rotis, a bowl of dal or sabzi, and a family that has eaten this way for generations. Nutrition conversations rarely start there. They tend to start with supplements, powders and a new set of routines that assume a certain income and lifestyle. For most households, that is not how food works.This is the gap MillD is looking to address by bringing more protein into one of India's most familiar everyday staples: the roti.

A recent CEEW study offers a useful reality check. It found that nearly half of India's at-home protein intake comes from cereals, which are a source of calories first and protein second. It also f...