A dimension within Mahua's Health Benefits
This theme discusses the link between traditional foods, vegetables, and healthy eating practices for overall nutrition and well-being.
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By cherishing and utilizing the traditional foods and herbs found in our forests and lands, we can sustain ourselves and combat malnutrition while preserving our natural heritage.
A resilient village woman nurtures her family and community through traditional farming, future planning, and the strength of women's voices in Sundargarh.
We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.
By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
Chickpea and mustard chutney and corn bread are our favorite foods, which are prepared without fertilizer. Mahua bread is also eaten in our homes; mahua is the flower of a tree found in the forest. We eat it with great love, and it is also nutritious. This keeps our body healthy.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We all fill our stomachs by eating Mahua saag roti, which is our favorite food. Mahua is obtained from trees in the forests, and we also eat roti with bathua saag, which is our favorite food item and is very nutritious.
— Ram Kumari
Look, millet is our favorite food. And from that millet, we prepare about seven to eight types of dishes. It is very good for our body.
— jitendra khila · Upperpur, Malkangiri, Odisha
Thukwa is made from mahua and flour. It is very delicious to eat, beneficial, and always keeps one healthy.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Eating Dhawda Dig Semaliya Gondi vegetable is very good for us.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Mahua oil has vitamins and if you make and eat Mahua ladoo, the body remains healthy and good.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
We were eating Mahul, greens, and temple-prepared food, and our health was good. Now, eating this will be good.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua is one of the most nutritious food items, which is very beneficial for our health. Along with this, coarse grains (millets) are also beneficial for health. They should be included. PDS.
— संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
We get our nutritious diet from the forest, such as Mahua fruit Doli oil in the form of fat, Kodo, Bhaddi, Kulthia, Mahua flowers, Jamun, Mahua kheer, Bhaji, etc.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Our Mahul will be available. Eating this vegetable, including its raw roots, after cooking is good for the body. Eating it fully cooked is also good. Eating raw vegetables is also good.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
And this is made, everyone makes it for eating, and laddoos of Ghutiya Bhoj are made for eating, and by eating and drinking, the body remains strong.
— Jitendra Kumar Jitendra kumar · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If you prepare and eat kakara, latha, bhaja, ladu, and kake made from Mahul, your mental and physical health will remain good.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Eating boiled Mahul (mahua flowers) or ladoos made from them will keep your body healthy and cure anemia.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua has many vitamins. We eat mahua by boiling it or by making cakes from it.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
Mahua flowers and other foods obtained from the forest are very nutritious. Therefore, it is appropriate to include these foods in PDS or mid-day meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua was available in our area. We used to say that eating boiled mahua keeps the body healthy. Even now, if consumed after boiling, the body remains good.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
There are vitamins in mahua. It tastes good if you make and eat idli from mahua.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahul, Mahul, it was very good and rich in vitamins. We eat wild potatoes, Mahul Mudi curry, Mahul vegetable curry, Mahul CG curry, Mahul Latha Kuti curry, and Mahul Latha vegetable curry.
— Laxmi Bagh · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
Eating Mahua-based sweets like laddu, bhaja, kako, and latha cake, by children, guests, and oneself, will maintain good mental and physical health.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
We used to eat Mahua before, all kinds of Mahua, Rama Mahua. Because we ate all that, our body used to stay well. If you eat that, you too will stay well again.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Eating Mahua flowers kept health good.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
In our region, seasonal produce such as grains, pulses, spinach, and green leafy vegetables have been part of our diet, which promotes nutrition, good digestion, and immunity.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
We have found Mahua. In ancient times, people used to boil and eat Lukra Mahua, and they used to get vitamins. In this era, if Mahua is eaten, the body remains healthy.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
This is nutritious food. Papaya vegetable, spinach greens, and drumstick vegetable are excellent. This will keep children healthy and strong.
— Chanda · Baghauri, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Mahua is available in Amara. Previously, mahua cakes were cooked and eaten. It would be good to cook and eat them now too. Your body will remain healthy.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Kulhar's vegetables are very good for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Our traditional food was powdered sag, jhadada sag, and ragi. We used to make sag from rice powder and eat it. Forest products like mushroom also need to be eaten in the same way. Health will be good.
— jitendra khila · kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Odisha
The Mahua from our forest is very rich in vitamins and is given to children as food for their nourishment.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Consuming Mahua dolly fruit oil is beneficial for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We used to boil mahua and eat its cooked flowers, and our health remained good. Even now, if we could prepare and eat it, we would be healthy.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
Kolyar bhaji is considered nutritious.
— Kachala Choudhary
Eating Mahua fruit is our medicine.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The greens and spinach from the field, this food gives strength to our body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
When we used to prepare and eat food with Mahula, we stayed healthy. We should still eat it now.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Locally available food items that can be included as nutritious meals. Such as Tikhur, Kanda, Chironji, and Amla preserve.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Consuming Karela, Kotla, Sribala, Khadbus, and Dhavda provides many different benefits to our body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.
— Kachala Choudhary
The most nutritious forest foods are Kolyar Bhaji, Mokha Ki Bhaji, Segwa, etc.
— Kachala Choudhary
The drumstick plant is beneficial for us.
— Sunita Kumari
Including ladoos made from Mahua, a food found in our forests, in the school's mid-day meal will be nutritious for children.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
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