FROM INDIAN KITCHEN WITH LOVE

In rock world human was eating raw food till he found out fire. After that he used fire to cook his food. According to different part of world , food habits were  developed. Asian man added spices to his food for taste which attracted all Europe.

In ancient India , raw food was never  a choice for eating . They had there own tradition of cooking . Food is not only for satisfying hunger , it is holy work to eat. The man is from what he eat was the belief. So they did many experiment to food to make it healthy n tasty. Adding of spices is one of them. They developed two methods of using spices , one is directly added while cooking and other is seasoning. Seasoning  is the chaunk or tadka. Whole dried spices like kashmiri chillies, cumin and coriander seeds, karipatta etc are added one by one to hot oil until they begin to sputter or pop. This tempering is then poured over dals and raitas, Vegetables and rice.

It is hard to an Indian to eat food without seasoning . seasoning is sankar ( proper conditioning ) of food, it makes food healthy , easy to digest , tasty n appetizing and maintain balance of three Dosha.

All over India, all women’s have there their traditional spice box which contain spices which are useful for according climate. Few of these are –

1. Haridra   TURMERIC – It appetizer, laxative, chologogue. It alleviate Vata n Kapha. It stimulates blood formation, circulation & bet haemostatic. It helps to regulate menstrual flow , cleanses blood and good anthelmintic.

2. Hingu ASAFOETIDA –It stimulate appetite, digestive & improves taste.

  It alleviate Vata and Kapha. It is good analgesic & anthelmintic. It is cardiac stimulant. It alleviates menstrual cramp.

3. Ajmoda   CELERY – It is good carminative , appetizer & anthelmintic.

  It alleviates Vata. It is cardiac stimulant.

4. MUSTERD  - It is appetizer, digestive n increases Pitta .it alleviates Vata &

      Kapha. It prevents skin diseases n urticaria & anthelmintics.

5. Dhanyak  CORIANDER SEEDS- It is appetizer , antidyspeptic, digestive ,

    Liver stimulant & anthelmintic. It alleviates Pitta.

6. Marich BLACK PEPPER – It is appetizer, digestive, antidyspeptic ,

     Tonic for respiratory system , alleviate Vata & Kapha.

7. Garlic – It is tonic for neuromuscular & circulatory system, helps to decrease

    Level of   cholesterol, alleviates Vata & Kapha, aphrodisiac & anthelmintic.

8. ONION – It is an aphrodisiac, appetizer, anthelmintics, tempting, analgesic ,

      anti-inflammatory,antioxidant, antidiabetic, antitumour & antithyroid .

9. CLOVE –I t is antidyspeptic , appetizer, digestive, antifungal, antibacterial,

       anticarcinogenic , antioxidant

10. Jeerak  CUMIN – It is alleviates pitta, digestive , appetizer, antipyretic,

       Analgesic. Increases taste of food.
   After all food is medicine, isn't it?