Q1.
If you had to organise a food festival in your school, which dishes would you like to include? Make a list.
Answer
This is your own list, so make it the way the book made its own list on page 72 — pick dishes from many different regions and from all three food groups.
Step 1 — Write down 3 dishes your family cooks at home.
Step 2 — Ask 3 friends for one special dish from their region.
Step 3 — Add one millet dish, one fruit or salad dish, and one sweet.
Step 4 — Check: is there something energy-giving, something body-building and something protective in your list?
Step 2 — Ask 3 friends for one special dish from their region.
Step 3 — Add one millet dish, one fruit or salad dish, and one sweet.
Step 4 — Check: is there something energy-giving, something body-building and something protective in your list?
Sample answer:
- Litti-chowkha (Bihar)
- Dal-baati-churma (Rajasthan)
- Dhokla (Gujarat)
- Chhena-poda (Odisha)
- Siddu (Himachal Pradesh)
- Hot dosa with sambhar (Tamil Nadu)
- Jowar upma and ragi laddu (millet stall)
- Sprouts salad and a fruit chaat
Why it happens: A food festival is meant to show variety. Different regions cook different things, so a mixed list lets everyone taste something new.
Tip: Write the name of the state or region next to each dish. Then your list also becomes a small map of India’s food.