Baiga Facts - Food Habits
FOOD THEY EAT-
1. A fine pure arrowroot(tikur) made from the roots of Curcuma angustifolia
2. A small grain called siker, which is produce of the old plants of kutki.
3. Pej is made either of kodon, kutki, rice, siker or macca.
4. Leaves of Chinch(Corchorus olitorious), Munga (Moringa pterygosperma), Chakoara(cassia tora), Pipal(ficus religiosa), Phang(Rivea hypocrateriformis), Kawa keni( Combretum nanum), Pakhri( Ficus infectoria), Amara(Spondias mangifera), tender leaves of Amli(Bauhinia malabarica)
5. FLOWERS- Birhol( Indigofera pulchella)
6. SHOOTS- Bamboo, Kachnar(Bauhinia purpurea)
7. ROOTS- Kaniyakand Kirchikanda, Kundrukanda, jaliakanda, jarungakanda, suakanda, saidukanda.
8. FRUITS- Mango, Jamun( Eugenia jambolana), Char(Buchania latifolia), Khamer(Gmelina arborea), Tendu( Diospyros tomentosa), Gular(Ficus glomerata), Bar( Ficus bengalensis), Bel(Aegle marmelos), Bohar( Cordya myxa),
9. USES OF MAHUA- Its sweet flowers are dried and made into a chutney, Seeds yield oil used for cooking, Corolla is made into liquor.
1. A fine pure arrowroot(tikur) made from the roots of Curcuma angustifolia
2. A small grain called siker, which is produce of the old plants of kutki.
3. Pej is made either of kodon, kutki, rice, siker or macca.
4. Leaves of Chinch(Corchorus olitorious), Munga (Moringa pterygosperma), Chakoara(cassia tora), Pipal(ficus religiosa), Phang(Rivea hypocrateriformis), Kawa keni( Combretum nanum), Pakhri( Ficus infectoria), Amara(Spondias mangifera), tender leaves of Amli(Bauhinia malabarica)
5. FLOWERS- Birhol( Indigofera pulchella)
6. SHOOTS- Bamboo, Kachnar(Bauhinia purpurea)
7. ROOTS- Kaniyakand Kirchikanda, Kundrukanda, jaliakanda, jarungakanda, suakanda, saidukanda.
8. FRUITS- Mango, Jamun( Eugenia jambolana), Char(Buchania latifolia), Khamer(Gmelina arborea), Tendu( Diospyros tomentosa), Gular(Ficus glomerata), Bar( Ficus bengalensis), Bel(Aegle marmelos), Bohar( Cordya myxa),
9. USES OF MAHUA- Its sweet flowers are dried and made into a chutney, Seeds yield oil used for cooking, Corolla is made into liquor.
