Everything revolves around food!

 

    Food is so important in our day-to-day life, like we need to think of it even when we are not eating. Like our festivals, celebrations, from birth to death, everything has specific food or menu. Initially, I felt it’s only in India, but later I found that in whole world each culture / location, traditionally have specified menu.

    I might not be able to talk about world food culture; I would like to talk about specific Indian food tradition. Our tradition is always combined with science when it comes to food for specified festivals. It depends on the season, location, body needs. Like in January, we have Makar Sankranti when we have preparations made from sesame seeds, peanuts, coconut, jaggery, etc. everything are stuff having oil & warmth giving food. Around March end or April start, we have Gudi Padwa (hindu new year), when we have food which is cooling, since mercury is rising like raw mango’s panha, different chutneys & pickles.

    The food also depends on the location we stay. Since I am from Maharashtra, where mangoes are undisputed king of food range, in summers food has some combination of mangoes from raw to ripen in various type.

    Nature have also helped us to get the food which our body needs during the season. I feel nature plays exactly opposite in giving that food, to what we need for season. Like in hot summer, it gives birth to cool raw mangoes which are good in summer for us.

    Nature has also made setting in our body to remind us to eat these items in articular season like we feel like having raw mango panha, or juices or ice-creams in summer OR eat eggs or rajma or non-veg more during winter season. Even the food portion changes according to season like in summer we might eat less or eat which is cooling, but in winter the portion of the food increases.

    So think, from nature to culture to tradition everything revolves around the food….. 😊

 

Thank you for reading…. Bon Appetit !!!