Seasonal Foods
Nature has designed the effectiveness of dried fruits so that they can be eaten in any season, regardless of the quantity, and their usefulness does not decrease. However, all those foods—fruits, vegetables, etc.—that spoil after a few hours or days should be eaten during the ripening season. Otherwise, their usefulness remains very low, and their effectiveness for human health decreases even more. In modern times, fruits, vegetables, meats, etc. are kept in cold stores for several days or even months, and when the rate of profit increases, they are sold in the market, which is not at all suitable for human health. They cannot be called seasonal foods.
Friend! The person who knows the facts about seasonal food and the temperament of foods never eats them that are out of season or do not match his body’s temperament. He remains fit and healthy. The person who does know this reality often remains ill. Always eat seasonal foods according to your temperament. We are seasonal, and Kind God has created four seasons and four body temperaments.
Friends, every energizing food is food for the winter season. Every food that makes you sweat a little or a lot while eating it in the summer is a portion of food for the winter season.
If you are sensitive to your health and eat food according to your body’s mood, then with slight changes according to each season, you should eat the same food that suits your body’s mood and not according to the hot and cold seasons.
Winter Season and Its Foods
During the winter season, diseases such as the body’s inability to tolerate colds, muscle aches, colds, coughs, and flu are common in the elderly. Medical experts say that the use of chicken soup, juicy fruits, garlic, onions, ginger, fish, and black pepper in food is very useful in preventing the aforementioned diseases.
According to experts, some foods can be included in the daily diet to prevent traditional winter illnesses. Notable among them is chicken soup or chicken broth. It is a good food in all seasons, but especially in the winter season, its consumption helps a lot in protecting against the cold virus. And if boiled vegetables are also added to it, that is, instead of plain chicken soup, chicken vegetable soup is drunk, its beneficial effects become even more prominent.
Winter fruits like mango, maltodextrin, etc. are rich in antioxidant properties, and the vitamin C they contain is very beneficial for our health in the winter. Therefore, make these fruits a part of your daily diet and, along with citrus fruits, also include tomatoes, red peppers, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in your diet.
Green leafy vegetables like spinach, kale, celery leaves and green onions are also winter foods that strengthen us from within and give us the strength to fight diseases. In winter, when the immune system is weak, foods that are high in zinc prove to be very beneficial for us. Zinc-rich foods include black gram, beans, eggs, meat, guava and pomegranate etc.
With the arrival of winter, winter vegetables and fruits also start to be found in the market. Make these vegetables and fruits a part of your diet and include the foods listed below in your diet so that your immune system is not weakened by the cold.
Honey: Honey is a healing herb that contains numerous antioxidant properties along with vitamins and minerals, which build immunity in your body against seasonal diseases and prevent it from being affected by cold.
Dry Fruits:
Dried fruits are no less than an elixir in winter, but use them for breakfast so that they are not heavy on the stomach and the stomach can digest them easily, and the body can benefit from their energy throughout the day. In addition to almonds, walnuts and pistachios, include raisins, figs, and dried apricots in dried fruits.
Desi Ghee:
It is generally believed that Desi Ghee is harmful due to its fat content, but according to many medical studies, pure Desi Ghee eliminates bad fats from the body. Make a spoonful of Desi Ghee a part of your diet every morning so that the dryness of winter does not affect you.
Black Pepper, Celery, and Asafoetida:
Include these three things in your daily diet, especially in your tea and coffee, so that you do not feel cold. Black pepper, celery and asafoetida maintain the heat of your body and do not let you feel cold even when wearing less and thin clothes.
Jaggery and sugar:
Jaggery and sugar, while improving your digestive system, are also very helpful in strengthening the body’s immunity. In winter, use jaggery and sugar instead of sugar in your coffee and sweet dishes, especially in tea.
Garlic:
Due to its antibacterial and antiviral properties, garlic is the best winter food, which, along with its countless benefits, strengthens our immune system in the winter and protects us from the effects of the cold. Along with these foods, consume milk, fish, and water in the winter.
Use of fish
Eating fish in the winter season is very beneficial for health. It is a source of calcium supply in the bones. According to experts, those who consume fish as food live longer. Fish meat contains natural ingredients that are rarely found in any other meat. For example, it contains iodine, which is very important for health. It is also considered useful for preventing heart attacks.
Fish is very warm in effect, which can protect you from many diseases in winter. Increase your consumption of fish in winter. Fish contains omega-3 fatty acids, which help reduce the increased cholesterol in the body. The iron in fish is very beneficial for people with anemia. Fish should be eaten more in winter because it reduces the effects of the cold and protects against infection. Blackfish and mussels are very popular fish.
Eat hot eggs
Use hot eggs to avoid cold. It contains protein, potassium, minerals, vitamins A, B, C, and D, and magnesium in abundance. Therefore, it is a complete food to eat in winter. Eggs are better if eaten boiled. This is because eating eggs after frying increases the fat and calories in them.
Trotters:
Although trotters are eaten in every season, our consumption of them increases many times in winter. The main reason for eating trotters in winter is that they keep the body warm. Trotters are also rich in calories, fats, potassium, calcium, and protein. Because they are high in fat. This is why they must walk or do other physical activities after eating. Their use is especially useful for growing children and bone and joint patients. However, moderation is very important in this.
Sesame: Sesame is a special gift of winter. During the winter season, children and the elderly urinate in large quantities. One thing that is common between children and the elderly during this season is that their bladders become weak, due to which they urinate in the bed. Sesame laddoos are the best food and medicine to get rid of this complaint.
Yogurt and Water
Yogurt contains protein, calcium, and vitamin B12, which are essential for blood health. Drinking water is also very useful to maintain hydration in winter.
Carrot Halwa: Carrot Halwa is a special gift of winter and is also very beneficial for health. The most important ingredient of this halwa is carrot, which is a vegetable rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, and fiber. The vitamin A present in carrots improves eyesight, while the milk and dry fruits added to its halwa also provide the body with calcium, protein, and antioxidants.
Linseed Laddu: It is impossible not to make linseed cakes (laddu) at home. Linseed seeds have been used for centuries, while in winter, a gift called linseed cakes is made from them, which provides nutrition and warmth to the body.
Recipe for making linseed pinyan (laddo: a round of sweet like a little ball)
Ingredients
Wheat flour 2 kg, linseed 1 kg, mustard oil 1 liter, jaggery (sugar) 1.5 kg, almonds as per taste, peanuts as per taste, other dry fruits as per taste
How to make
First, roast the wheat flour in an open-mouthed vessel on low heat and stir it continuously until its color does not change. Then remove it in a vessel.
After that, keep the linseed on the same low heat and keep stirring it continuously with the help of a spoon. When its color starts to change a little, understand that the linseed has been roasted and take it out in a separate vessel. And grind it with the help of a grinder.
Now keep the mustard oil on the stove and wait for it to heat up. Since mustard oil is organic and is thicker than other oils, mix a little jaggery in the kneaded dough and take out one or two pakodas like pakodas so that this oil becomes usable. Ordinary pakodas can also be fried in it. After that, remove the mustard oil from the stove i.e. the fire.
Now pour 2 liters of water in an open-mouthed vessel, place it on the stove, and add jaggery to it. Let it cook until it thickens. During this time, keep stirring it from time to time. When the syrup is ready, remove it from the stove.
Add all the ingredients, including roasted flour, mustard oil, roasted linseed, and dry fruits, to this hot syrup mix with a spoon and let it cool down properly.
The mixture for linseed ladoos is ready. Now shape it into round patties with your hands.
Linseed patties or ladoos are now ready to eat, make them for your family and gift them to your friends. These patties do not spoil even for 6 months at room temperature.
Amazing benefits of linseed
Declared a superfood, linseed, a nutritious winter gift, has many benefits.
According to nutritionists, linseed seeds are rich in nutrients, so they are the best food for coughs, colds flu, phlegm, joint pain, obesity, hemorrhoids, skin diseases, heart diseases, fatigue, solutions to many female complaints, kidney stones, lethargy, etc. It contains a large amount of omega-3 fatty acids, which cleanse the skin by eating it, and its use makes hair strong and long.
