Healthy Local Diet

Lentils, vegetables, sweet potato, and cassava are beneficial.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our village, the hukli bhaji and phinda (local vegetables) that are gathered, we should use whatever God has provided us to eat from them for nutrition to combat malnutrition.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

The greens and spinach from the field, this food gives strength to our body.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We, the people of the village, eat food like leafy vegetables, pulses, rice, etc.

— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh

The most nutritious local food items to be included in PDS and Mid-Day Meal are pulses, as they are an excellent source of protein, fiber, and essential minerals. Additionally, leafy green vegetables like spinach, and local seasonal fruits like guava, berries, and dates should also be included as they are rich in vitamins.

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

Here, dal rice, green vegetables, egg, and fish are among the most nutritious foods.

— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.

— Kachala Choudhary

It is true that bringing vegetables and leafy greens from the forest provides nutritious food for a growing body.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We cultivate some nutritious food from the village itself.

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Every fruit, flower, leaf, tuber, and leafy vegetable obtained from nature contains sufficient nutrients, so these should be included.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha

We were eating Mahul, greens, and temple-prepared food, and our health was good. Now, eating this will be good.

— 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

We should use nutritious foods in our daily diet that are available locally.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Let's cultivate and eat barnyard millet, little millet, and wheat. They contain vitamins, and the body will remain healthy.

— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

Lentils, rice, bread, milk, yogurt, then we will be healthy.

— deena rawat · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

In our forest, fruits, roots, leaves, flowers, and leafy vegetables grow naturally. There are no chemicals in them, and they are completely nutritious. It would be good to serve them for lunch.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.

— Surajsingh Parmar · 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

How is nutritious food obtained in the village?

— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

The nutritious food we have, like gourds, brinjals, and other vegetables after harvesting, I should feed to the government.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Drumstick vegetable, ridge gourd vegetable, bitter gourd vegetable, and goat's milk are nutritious food for our children, all of which we provide considering our economic situation for our children's benefit.

— Chanda

It is necessary to include a lot of green and leafy vegetables, fruits, eggs, and fish.

— Sunita Kumari

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 most nutritious locally available food items, which should include wheat, maize, and pure fresh food, and be promoted by the government.

— Laxmanlal

Fanjan greens, Panjaniyaan greens, and Vochhateen greens from the forest are beneficial for the body.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

To keep children healthy, pigeon pea lentils and a good amount of spinach.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Using all the fruits, flowers, leaves, greens, and root vegetables obtained from nature's forests in lunch can provide more nutritious food.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

The government should promote the most nutritious foods easily available in our region, such as kodo, kutki, maize, along with tur dal, gram, and horse gram lentils, and include them in PDS and mid-day meals.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Consuming Karela, Kotla, Sribala, Khadbus, and Dhavda provides many different benefits to our body.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Papaya vegetable and pigeon pea lentil (toor dal) with soybean vegetable are very good and healthy for our health.

— Chanda

If the government pays attention to nutritious food, it should focus on pulses, sesame, urad dal, and similar items, so that proper nutrition can be obtained.

— Ranu begam · Pamgarh, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

Say, this is done now. Among the most nutritious seasonal and local foods available locally are green leafy vegetables like spinach, moringa, fruits like bananas, pulses, and soap

— Maya kumari Damor