A dimension within Mahua & Traditional Diet
Investigates the nutritional aspects of Mahua, including its vitamins and contribution to healthy diets and eating habits.
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AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
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Mahua has vitamins. People used to eat it boiled before, and it would be good to eat it boiled now.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua has good vitamins; it will be beneficial if eaten after cooking.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
In the past, people used to boil and eat mahua from the village, which contained vitamins. Even now, if mahua is boiled and eaten, it will still be beneficial.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
There are vitamins in mahua. It tastes good if you make and eat idli from mahua.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua has many vitamins. We eat mahua by boiling it or by making cakes from it.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
In ancient times, people used to boil and eat Mahua. Mahua has many vitamins and is nutritious food. It would be good if it was given in schools.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
If Mahua is added to our food, it will provide vitamins.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
News is that Mahua will be available, and Mahua has a lot of vitamins. If you make cake or ladoo from Mahua, eat it.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua contains good vitamins. If prepared with Mahua, what should be cooked? Thinking of eating.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahura has vitamins. Everyone can eat Mahura by making ladoo or cake.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua fruit/extract contains vitamins. It would be beneficial if given to school children to eat and if one also consumes it.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Mahua is a forest product. In the olden days, people used to boil and eat it. Even now, if boiled and eaten, it would be good, or if made into laddus and sold, it would sell.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
Mahua oil has vitamins and if you make and eat Mahua ladoo, the body remains healthy and good.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
Among forest products, Mahua is also a nutritious food. It would be good if the government utilizes this Mahua in various ways and provides it in school mid-day meals.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Honey has vitamins. If Mahula is used to make Laddus or cakes, everyone will eat them.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
If mahua is provided in PDS as laddus made from Etia Chakuna, then nutritious food can be obtained, and it can be good for the elderly or like milk porridge.
— Laxmi
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
Mahul is a forest product that people used to boil and eat in ancient times. It would still be good to boil and eat it, or it could also be sold by making it into packets or laddus.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Honey has vitamins, and it would be good if cakes or ladoos were made with honey and consumed or sold.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
If food made from Mahua is given in schools, children will be able to get nutritious food.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be good if food made from Mahua (Mahula) was given in our schools.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
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
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
The Mahua from our forest is very rich in vitamins and is given to children as food for their nourishment.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
If the nutritious 'char laddoo' made from Mahua found in our forests is included in the school's mid-day meal, children will be nourished.
— 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
If I prepare and eat mahul, it will be good.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
Yes, if we make Mahula and Ladoo and give them to the school children and pregnant mothers, they will get vitamins from eating that.
— 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
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
Mohan has vitamins. Previously people used to cook and eat them. Now, if they eat cooked food, it would be better.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
In ancient times, people used to boil and eat Mahua, but it is not seen much nowadays. If people still boil and eat it, their bodies will remain healthy.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Including food items like mahua ladoo made from mahua found in our forests in the school's midday meal can provide nutritious food to children.
— Anjana Khadia · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
If school children are given boiled and fried Mahul, and Kaku mixed in water to eat, it contains vitamins.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Eating soaked mahua pulp and chickpeas provides nutrition, which can be given to anyone who knows about it.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It would be beneficial to give food items made from Mahua to pregnant women, children, and school children.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
It would be appropriate if forest products like Mahua ladoo are prepared and served as part of the Mid-Day Meal in schools.
— Priti majhi
