It is really great to taste some of the items meant exclusively for summer season after a gap of 26 years. Whenever I happened to visit my place I was missing them for want of time or in a hurry of spending time with the friends whom I spent most of the schools days with. But, this time I have made up my mind with a strong zeal to taste them as I got an opportunity of visiting the village where I had lived though for a short period. The names of the dishes, I could only taste the items in my place of birth when Mom was alive. She was serving them in the morning as a strong food which was not at all so for those youthful days to feel difficulty in their digestion.
This time I really tasted them and felt their pinch. Whenever you visit the interior villages of India in Summer you will come across 3 exclusive food items.
Raagi Mudde /Finger Millet Ball
This is one of the best item prepared very easily with Finger Millet flour. It is very easy to cook and tastes excellent. The first impression of the item may not be good. But, once it is tasted hot with a proper curry or Dal people will really experience the real taste of the dish. This is a common item in every household of a Rural India.
Some of the advantages of this food item are that it cools down the body temperature, it is an excellent absorbent of water in the water when preferred in winter and rainy season. The body will not become bulky and the chances of getting more weight are very remote. The suitable curry for this food item is any leafy vegetables or Onion chutney. Some people prefer it along with buttermilk. They mix buttermilk and take it as a good diet before going out in the summer season for any unavoidable work.
JWAR ROTI/CORN FLOUR FLAT BREAD
This is one of the main food items in the regions of Rayalaseema and Telangana. The corn flour is doughed and just heated on a fire. The flatbread is nicely tapped without adding any oil but using only a few drops of water. This is prepared in every house and can be enjoyed with Onion Chutney or Palak Leaf curry. After coming into contact with the culture of Northern India now people are preferring it along with Chicken Curry, Paneer Butter Masala, Malai Kofta etc.,
KOOTI NEERU (RICE WATER)
This is the rarest food item even most of the villagese even forgot after coming into contact with the city culture. The cultural exchnge betwen the Rural and Urban India might have transferred the first above two items in the cities but this is the only item which the cities in India could not import as most of the villages also forgot the name of it.
This is a Summer special for all people of all ages. The rice is cooked and cooled. Water is poured into the rice to the full in an earthen pot. A cloth is tied around the pot. The next morning some of the rice is kept in a separate place separating it from water and is taken as food along with Onion chutney . Some people add salt and some green chilli pieces also to this rice water in the night itself at the time of tying a cloth around it. It will be quite rich in taste. But, the inconvenience with this food item is some peculiar smell. Some people may not like it. Some people mistook it for spoiled item which is actually not.
This is one of the best Summer Specials meant for the hardworking agriculturists.
Whenever a traveler visits the Rural India they should not miss to have the above three foods. Most of you may get the items one and two only but not surely the item No. Kooti Neeru (RICE WATER). However, nothing wrong in inquiring with the people.
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Useful information on what food one can consume in the summer months which is very helps the body especially in the during the opperessive summer heat. I have tasted ragi dosa and ragi soup. But have to taste the above two items. I have heard about ragi balls which are consumed on a regular basis. Ragi is very good for our health all through the year and so are lentils. I have also had the fortune to ear jawar roti and corn roti too. They make the stomach feel light compared the the wheat roti.
They are famous in the semi arid region of the Telangana too. In the recent times I have only had ragi soup. I am having different variety of food which is especially light on the stomach and fruits too. Another two months are there then I can await for the rainy season. Till that time I will spend time tasting food which he light on the stomach as I do not feel hunger due to the extreme weather. It will cross forty degrees now. Thanks for the share.
I only knew about roti paratha, is it from India too? But the common one I like is biryani rice with sea foods. The rice water is comparable to rice wine in the Northern Philippines, but I have not tasted it. It does not appeal so much to me because of the appearance.
With the passage of time, we have got away from many traditional foods, which were based on the weather, and kept our bodies stronger and nourished.
Now, we fail to get enough nutrients. Use of Processed flour(Maida) worsens our situation.
Such traditional foods are making their way back into our day to day eating habits, but a lot still needs to happen.
Thanks for sharing this post.
True summer has its own food and it should be something soft and rich in water and vitamin d among other things, to consider. Thanks for the share and the information and making our summer more healthy and interesting, though some may not stick to this diet but I guess writers should since they know