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Why do we eat FOOD?
Food, the fuel which provides us with energy and power to live and perform
daily chores, until we die.
Where this food does comes from???
Now this question was answered to us when we were in 1st or 2nd
Standard and till now it is being answered just with more depth. Here, we
will not go in much depth, at first, so let’s reminisce, what was taught to us
in our childhood, in that very chapter called ‘sources of food’.
It said basically there are two sources of food, animals and plants. Animal
products such as meat, chicken, pork, eggs, milk which are consumed at large
scale around the world. Now comes the bit which will lead us to its depth and
is the primary focus of today, the very favourite of vegans, one and only plant
products. Now there is such a huge
population, so we need lots of food, so we will have to grow them, and you of
course know that farmers in different area grows them and when those farmers
grow plant products on large scale, we call them crop. So plant products grown
on large scale are crops.
Crops grown in India
Now there are multitude of crops grown all around the India and globe. But
you must have observed, crops grown differ from region to region. Doesn’t it
intrigue your curiosity, why is it so!!??
No problem, it has or not, but
today you will get the answer; we are going to delve deeper and deeper and
explore the horizons of this question and especially in the case of the diverse
India.
The crop that will be grown in a certain region depends upon mainly three
factors: Soil, climate and amount of water available. Not every crop can be
grown in every region (today it is grown, about which we will discuss later),
like rice can’t be grown in dry regions as it is a water intensive crop while wheat
hates lots of water so it is better suited for regions with less rain. Also
crops like cotton can’t handle every soil; it is at its best in black soil
while cashew will cry if you don’t let it accompany laterite soil. Apples are
more suited to cold regions but coconut loves heat and humidity. These above
are just few examples that makes clear how soil, climate and water playing
their role pretty nicely.
INDIA IS A VAST COUNTRY AND VARIETY OF CROPS
When we talk about
Indian crops, we must know its terrain (that expands with mountains,
rivers, flats, costal of sea and plateau), its people (that diversified
in religion, caste, colors, language and cultures) and foods (that fully
depends on crops grown in the region).
India has a
variety of land forms, net of riversand weather so there is much variation in
crops grown in various terrain as well as variation in foods of people in
different terrain. Therefore it is very necessary to divide the whole
subcontinent in various terrains.
India terrain may be divided in
THE NORTH AND
THE SOUTH SEPARATED BY VINDHYA RANGE. Again Southern India may be divided in Western coastal and Eastern coastal region. The north India may be divided in
land of five rivers,
land of Ganga and
land of Brahmaputra.
These all division is based on crops grown on the terrain.
The North (fertile land of rivers
Further It
may divided in three Regions
(1)
Land of five rivers (West)
(2)
Land of the Ganga (center)
(3)
Brahmaputra land among eastern Himalaya mountains
(East)
The South Gondwana land (soil rich of minerals)
Further It
may divided in three Regions
(1)
Eastern coastal area
(2)
Western coastal area
(3)
Central land of rivers and hills
TheCrops are cultivated as
per the availability of water, weather, and Geographical terrain. The crop
includes cereals, pulses, oilseeds, spices, vegetables and fruits.
The crops inLand of five rivers (West):
The area is rich of
fertile land made by rivers Sutlej, Jhelum, Chinav, Ravi and Beas. Although
there is not much rain in this area yet availability of water is full filled by
the rivers. The farmers grow three crops in a year. They grow rice, wheat,
maize, bajarain addition to cereals they growPotatoes vegetables and many
fruits. The area is rich in green land so hybrid cows and buffalos are reared
by farmersand the area is rich producer of dairy product.Punjab is known as land of five rivers.
The rich farmers grow watermelon, orange, spinach, wheat, dal, and mango. It is
famous for high yield crops in India. Punjab's main crops are wheat, rice,
maize and potatoes.
(1) FOODS OF PEOPLE OF LAND OF FIVE RIVERS:
Mouth of vegetarians will start watering by listening of the food of the people. The foods are rich of protein and fibers and the fragrance of GHEE (Dairy Fats) is attracting the people to this area.
· Makki Ki
Roti with Sarsoki Sag (Chapati of Maize floor with Boil mustered leaf )the mix aroma of Ghee, enough for mouth
to water
· Tandoor Roti
with DAL Fry or dishes of paneer and with vegetables
· Raita (curd
mix with vegetables)
· Allu paratha
(Indian Pizza) with butter
· Dal Roti
Churma
· Dal Bati
· dalmakhni and butter roti
#The Jammu and Kashmir in lap of
Himalaya is land of apple and nuts. As you know it is so cold.
# In Himachal Pradesh, apple, orange and
other crops are grown too.
§ In Haryana, beans, bitter Gard, wheat, banana,
potato, tomato, lady finger and etc are grown in Haryana. Maximum people eat
curd and roti.
§ In Rajasthan, we can find dal, moong,
wheat, bajra ant etc. people eat Paratha and dal some times they eat Chana and
bajra roti.
The crops in
Land of five rivers:
Rice
(pady)
Wheat
Maize
Sugarcane
Pulses
Oil
seeds
Banana
Mango
FOODS OF PEOPLE OF LAND OF GANGA RIVER:
people Eat Roti,
Chapati, Rice dishes with variety of vegetable which is cooked
Rice
Chapati (made of wheat floor)
PuCRO
LitiChokha (Chokha cooked of boil Potato)
Dal (pulses)
Paneer (Cheese)
Chhole
Pakora
§ Madhya Pradesh is famous for its pulses
and people of Madhya Pradesh eat all types of food that is made in India.
§ Uttar Pradesh is famous for its
sugarcane farming wheat and potatoes. People grow corns too... People eat
Chapati, Chhole, gujiya, dal and rice.
§ Bihar is famous for growing corns.
Farmers grow crops like rice, wheat, mango, sugarcane, lichi, corns, guava and
etc. the famous food of Bihar is litichokha. People eat dal and rice, thecuaa,
gujiya, pokora and etc.
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MAIN CROPS OF NORTH EAST THE LAND OF BRAHMPUTRA RIVER:
the land is hilly and shabby. The
main crops are rice and potato. Tea and rubber is main commercial crops in this
area. In east India means
Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram and other sister states. They are called
seven sisters. These states lie on east
India. They grow rice, corn and etc. The main dish of this region is fish and
rice.
Kolkata is famous for its sweets. People
grow crops like pinea
(2) THE FOODS OFPEOPLE IN NORTH EAST THE LAND OF BRAHMPUTRA RIVER:
Fish
Vegetable soup
Vellu
(3)
THE MAIN CROPS IN WESTERN COASTAL AREA:
cotton
sugar cane
banana
grapes
potato
orange
rice
spices
THE MAIN FOODS OF PEOPLE IN WESTERN COASTAL TERRAIN:
Boiled rice
Bada paw
Pavbhaji
Phaphera
Dhokala
sweet pulses
§ The Maharashtra is land of grapes
and banana. The black soil of this land is providing its farmers with cotton,
sugar cane and various fruits. People eat, bada paw, paw bhaji etc. it’s
not that much, the region has big cities and they are much affected by global
food tradition.
§ In Goa, people are very much fond
of junk foods like pizza, burger, and sandwich. They eat sea food too…
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| Uppam |
(4)
THE MAIN CROPS IN EASTERN COASTAL AREA:
South India accompanied with Tamilnadu,
Karnataka, Kerla, Andhra and Telangana. They are famous for their aromatic
spices and variety of dishes and traditions.
The fine variety of rice of this region
is enriching the dishes from breakfast to dinner. The famous crops are rice,
coconuts, mangoes and spices. In addition to that coffee is also grown in
Karnataka.
The tasty dishes like Dosa, Idli, rice and sambhar, utapam,
lemon rice invites
the people of other parts of the country.
THE MAIN FOODS OF PEOPLE IN EASTERN COASTAL TERRAIN:
Boiled rice
Idali
Dosa
Uttapam
Sambhar
Rasam
Pickles
(5)
THE MAIN CROPS IN CENTER INDIA AREA:
wheat
pulses
oil seeds
soyabin
cotton
fruits
THE MAIN FOODS OF PEOPLE IN CENTRAL INDIA TERRAIN:
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Boiled rice
Chapati
Dal
Chhole
Now as promised, if I move to the intriguing India, and I
promise you India is the finest place to see the different crops and cropping
pattern as it is very diverse in climate, soil and water availability too and
as we go further you will notice this is the base of the cuisinal diversity, I
talked about in my last essay on ‘Indian
cuisine and Festivals’. Now if we start from
top, that is the Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, they doesn’t suit any
cereal crops but are very best at growing fruits such as apples, oranges and
dry fruits. The extremely cold climate there doesn’t support any cereal crops
but they are able to produce some amount of millets for their consumption that
too in some of warmer regions. Now if we take a peek at the middle and the
northwestern part, they are the champions of wheat production and millets such
as jowar, bajra, and ragi. As their less humid soil and less rain area nicely
supports them. They even grow most of the pulses for India, including Karnataka
too.
As we move to south, north east, eastern part of UP, deltaic regions, there
are vast rice fields and even south region and some of north eat stern’s such
as West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, they are able to grow rice twice in the cropping
season thanks to the monsoon bringing plenty of rain and to the alluvial soil.
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LAND OF SPICES
The southern regions especially Kerala is hub of spices such as black
pepper.
cinamon
cardamon
cloves
cumin seedsDOSA
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Now you must be getting, why south Indians have rice as an important
ingredient of all their dishes and Bihari and Bengalis love to eat rice. See
these regions crops and their diet are totally correlated because isn’t it
obvious that you will eat what you grow in plenty; it will be something that
all the masses can afford. Now eastern people of India, don’t have variety of
vegetables in their diet as they can’t produce in their region while south,
north east and some of north Indians consumes a huge variety of vegetables as,
their soil, climate is favourable to them. The people in west and North West
consume coarse grains and wheat as they have fields and fields with that
growing.
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But, there is a change in that eating habit, even today they are with the crops
that grow at a plenty there but due to the technical, communication, scientific
changes are bringing a lot of change in their diets. They are able to include
crops that were not grown in their regions. First thanks to the fast and
feasible transportation system which is transporting tons of vegetables to
different states, even making them accessible to crops of different regions,
south Indians are loving chapattis and north western are showing love to rice.
And big thanks to the scientists who brought technologies and variety of
genetically modified seed. Earlier it used to be even hard for these regions to
produce their regional crops even for all their masses. But today even western
and north western are able to produce rice. This has erased the problem of food
sufficiency to a certain level.
The green revolution and the rise of transportation and storage facilities
have give path for food to reach millions of empty plates. These changes are
paving way towards new times. A new revolution is also now taking its root as
the stomach is getting full. The coming of internet and its super fast
developments has brought us to such a stage where we are sharing our daily meal
with everyone through these profound social media platforms. We are opening our
taste buds to variety of cereals and trying it through be online shopping and
browsing the recipes on internet. Today a lot of people walk to the kitchen in
the cities because they think that there is internet there to help them cook.
And it seems, with these developments with better government policies,
providing access to food to everyone will definitely find a way to eliminate
hunger from this world one day. All these phenomenon of globalization, and
sharing your surplus with deficit and the era of industrialization with pre
cooked or preserved meals will remove hunger…
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