A dimension within Child Nutrition & Health
Exploring the health benefits and traditional uses of mahua oil and flowers in nutrition.
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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.
By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
A resilient village woman nurtures her family and community through traditional farming, future planning, and the strength of women's voices in Sundargarh.
By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
Consuming Mahua dolly fruit oil is beneficial for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Regarding certain points, this is the good health one achieves by consuming Mahua oil.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Kolyar bhaji is considered nutritious.
— Kachala Choudhary
Eating charoli seeds has many benefits.
— 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
Dali oil provides good nutrition.
— Sathimambalaka · Tado, Rayagada, Odisha
Consuming Karela, Kotla, Sribala, Khadbus, and Dhavda provides many different benefits to our body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Eating Mahua flowers kept health good.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Kolhar vegetable is more nutritious.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Kulhar's vegetables are very good for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
Eating boiled Mahul (mahua flowers) or ladoos made from them will keep your body healthy and cure anemia.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Chirounji and Amla pickles can be included among the most nutritious foods.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
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 Dhawda Dig Semaliya Gondi vegetable is very good for us.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
One should include Kuri, Bajri, Kodra, Bati, and Maal in vegetarian food items because they are natural remedies and beneficial for the body's health.
— संगीता मीणा · Dachki Jaswantpura, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Mahua has good vitamins; it will be beneficial if eaten after cooking.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.
— Kachala Choudhary
Thukwa is made from mahua and flour. It is very delicious to eat, beneficial, and always keeps one healthy.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The drumstick plant is beneficial for us.
— Sunita Kumari
Eating Temda fruit is very beneficial.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Moong bari and that chaat is beneficial.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
There are vitamins in mahua. It tastes good if you make and eat idli from mahua.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
The most nutritious forest foods are Kolyar Bhaji, Mokha Ki Bhaji, Segwa, etc.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
We were eating Mahul, greens, and temple-prepared food, and our health was good. Now, eating this will be good.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
The Mahua from our forest is very rich in vitamins and is given to children as food for their nourishment.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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
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
Fanjan greens, Panjaniyaan greens, and Vochhateen greens from the forest are beneficial for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
We get a lot of vitamins from Mahul char. If we consume Mahul char, our children and babies will also get a lot of vitamins.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, 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
Here, dal rice, green vegetables, egg, and fish are among the most nutritious foods.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Mahua is found in the forest, it is a very vitamin-rich food, it would be good to give this to children.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Papaya vegetable and pigeon pea lentil (toor dal) with soybean vegetable are very good and healthy for our health.
— Chanda
The heavenly Mahulu had very good vitamins. It provides a lot of protection even when we touch it, drink it, and eat it. Even parents who eat it become very good.
— Laxmi Bagh · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
If Mahua is added to our food, it will provide vitamins.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
