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Food
of Garhwal
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Food
Habits of Garhwali People
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| Diets
and dietary regimes of the people of Garhwal are
influenced by the following. |
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(i) Food
and nutritional requirements.
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| (ii)
Environmental
and climatic conditions. |
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(iii) Composition
and availability of food.
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following dietary regimes have been recognised in the
Garhwal hills: |
| Higher
Himalaya |
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living in the higher or main Himalayan ranges belong
to this
dietary
regime. Their diet is meat based. For preserving the
meat
for
the winter season, it is cut into small pieces and
left to dry in the
sun.
Wine is also consumed by these people in large
quantities. They eat coarse grains like barley and
mandua. The
richer people are able to purchase wheat, rice and
pulses. |
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Middle
Himalaya
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People
living in the middle Himalayan ranges of Garhwal belong to this
dietary regime. Their diet is both meat and vegetable based.
The
people eat coarse grains like barley, mandua and jhangora. In
the recent
past, more and more people of this tract have taken to cereals
like
wheat, rice and pulses.
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Lower
Hills
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People
living in the lower hill, dun valleys and Siwaliks of Garhwal
belong to this dietary regime. They are both non-vegetarian
and vegetarian. The main cereals eaten by the people of this
tract are wheat,
rice and pulses, which are cultivated on a large scale.
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