Dairy

Sirohi

C tier

Sirohi goats from Rajasthan’s dry hills are brown-patched dual-purpose animals that yield a serviceable milk under harsh forage conditions. Volume trails elite dairy breeds, yet fat content supports thick curd and ghee-making traditions in arid households. Flavour carries a slight earthiness when does browse desert shrubs and crop residues rather than lush irrigated fodder. Regional kitchens boil Sirohi milk for chai, set it into dahi, and reduce it for festival sweets. Cooperative collection is patchy; most milk is consumed on-farm. Improvement schemes sometimes cross Sirohi with higher-yielding dairy bucks while keeping heat and drought tolerance that pure Alpine types often lose in the Thar fringe.