Table 8.
Micronutrient rich foods of Sauria Paharia community, Jharkhand (n = 67).
| Commonly consumed foods (n = 44) | Little used foods (n = 23) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Food groups | Food items | Food groups | Food items |
| Cereals | 1. Maize (Makai) 2. Pearl millet (Bajra/Shishua) |
Cereals | 1.Finger millet (Kodo/Mandua) 2. Sorghum (Jowar) |
| Pulses | 1.Cowpea, brown (Jatta Usro) 2. Cowpea, white (Eso Usro) 3. Horse gram (Kurthi) 4. Khesari Dal 5. Rice bean (Suthro) |
Pulses | 1. Kusa |
| GLVs | 1.Koinaar leaves (Komo Ghasi) 2. Drumstick leaves (Sanjhori saag) 3. Amaranth leaves (Adro Ghasi) 4. Ponnaganni (Gocchi Ghasi) 5. Sinduar leaves (Chilo/Kodgo Ghasi) 6. Bengal gram leaves (Boot Ghasi) 7. Banyan leaves (Pakkedi Ghasi) 8. Malabar spinach (Pondka saag) 9. Potato leaves (Aloo Ghasi) 10. Chiniya saag*** 11. Khesari saag 12. Aradiyo Ghasi*** 13.Mannadro*** |
GLVs | 1.Kantha leaves (Daav Ghasi) 2. Kena leaves (Berbayo Ghasi) 3. Dhurup leaves (Kondi Ghasi) 4. Naolo Ghasi 5. Sunsuni leaves (Junjuni) 6. Garlic leaves (Nasni Ghasi) 7. Mata leaves (Tisso Ghasi) |
| Other vegetables | 1.Indigenous bitter gourd (Bir Karela) 2. Field beans, tender (Simbi) 3. Kachnar flower (Kachnar Phool) 4. Kovai (Kundri) 5. Drumstick flower (Sanjhori Phool) 6. Pindra*** |
Other vegetables | 1. Sonpu Phool *** 2. Ber alli 3. Cowpea, vegetable (Jatta Usro) |
| Roots and tubers | 1.Colocasia (Makedi) 2. Ole (Singla) 3. Nappe 4. Churke/Churka*** 5.Alli*** |
Roots and tubers | 1.Ber alli 2.Chalangan/Chalango*** |
| Fruits | 1.Zizyphus (Ber/Ilkrapu) 2. Ambada (Ambad pupu) 3. Dahu 4. Kusum fruit (Pusra) |
Fruits | 1.Haani *** 2. Marking nut (Kero/Keero/Toso) 3. Banyan fruit (Pakkedi) |
| Flesh foods | 1. Puti (Potha Machli) 2. Walking Catfish (Mangri/Magur Machhli) 3. Singhi 4. Freshwater Eel (Gacchi Machhli) 5. Catfish (Tonger/Tengra Machhli) 6. Snail (Ghongri) 7. Silhan Fish (Silong Machhli) 8. Mussels (Maako/jhinuk) 9. Pig (Jangli suar/kissu) |
Flesh foods | 1.Wallago (Boari Machhli) 2. Bele fish (Baale Machhli) 3. Eggs of red ants (Chetado ka ande) 4. Pigeon (Pervan) 5. Quail (Bater) |
Text in Italics represents Paharia name.
***
Taxonomic classification not available.