Table 2.
**Indigenous foods with high micronutrient content.
| S. No. | Food item (Mundari Name) | Common name (English/ Hindi) | Scientific nameβ | Energy (Kcal/ 100 g) | Protein (g/100 g) | Carbohydrate (g/100 g) | Fat (g/100g) | Dietary fiber (g/100g) | β- Carotene/Retinol (μg/100g)a | Vit C (mg/100g) | Vit B1 (mg/100g) | Vit B2 (mg/100g) | Iron (mg/100g) | Zinc (mg/100g) | Calcium (mg/100g) | Total folate (μg/100g) | Phosphorus (mg/100g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonly consumed Indigenous foods | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Pundigoda¥ | Rice | Oryza sativa L. | 351 | 4.28 | 80.7 | 1.26 | 5.19 | ND | ND | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 20.6 | 3 | 37.6 |
| 2 | Kulthi* | Horse Gram, whole | Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.€ | 321 | 22 | 57.2 | 0.5 | NA | 59 | NA | 0.32 | 0.24 | 8.8 | 2.7 | 269 | 163 | 298 |
| 3 | Garundi/ Gundri ara* | Ponnaganni | Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. | 51 | 5.3 | 5.17 | 0.71 | 6.74 | 5288 | 103 | 0.02 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 1 | 388 | 48 | 53.2 |
| 4 | Jiri ba¥ | Sanai phool | Crotalaria juncea L. | 120 | 2.9 | 27.04 | ND | 7.43 | 1113 | 1.77 | 3.09 | ND | 7.6 | 0.15 | 320.2 | ND | 537.2 |
| 5 | Ber* | Zizyphus | Zizyphus jujuba Mill. | 49 | 1.3 | 9.4 | 0.35 | 3.73 | 2 | 60.9 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 46.6 | 6 | 32.3 |
| 6 | Dahu¥ | Barhar | Artocarpus lakoocha Wall. Ex Roxb. | 121 | 2.88 | 27.33 | ND | 7.2 | 1843 | 8.9 | 0.32 | 1.32 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 54.7 | ND | ND |
| 7 | Kusum/ Baru¥ | Kusum fruit | Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Merr. | 144 | 6.31 | 29.72 | ND | 14.89 | 6238 | 3.1 | ND | ND | 44.2 | 0.8 | 135 | ND | 51.3 |
| 8 | Rugra/ Putuh¥ | Mushroom | Geastrum | 138 | 4.86 | 29.53 | 0.06 | 7.37 | ND | ND | 0.58 | 0.37 | 6.8 | 3.1 | 193 | 0.2 | 30.2 |
| 9 | Gitilud¥ | Mushroom | - | 67 | 3.52 | 13.17 | ND | 6.89 | 9 | ND | 0.19 | 0.17 | 10.8 | 0.6 | 10 | 3 | 24.3 |
| 10 | Loa suti$ | Snail | Pila globosa | 97 | 10.5 | 12.4 | 0.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 870 | NA | 116 |
| 11 | Setua/ Keyosuti$ | Mussel | Margaritifera margaritifera | 81 | 14.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 592 | NA | NA |
| 12 | Demta/Hau anda$ | Eggs of red ants | Oceophylla smaragdina | 131 | 13.4 | 9.1 | 4.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 104 | NA | 107 |
| Little used/historically consumed Indigenous foods | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Kodde* | Finger millet | Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn. | 321 | 7.2 | 66.82 | 1.92 | 11.18 | 2 | NA | 0.37 | 0.17 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 364 | 35 | 210 |
| 2 | Bodi* | Cow pea, white | Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.€ | 320 | 21.3 | 53.77 | 1.14 | 11.7 | 8 | NA | 0.33 | 0.09 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 84.1 | 249 | 378 |
| 3 | Sutri$ | Rice bean | Vigna umbellata (Thumb.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi€ | 332 | 21.5 | 60.9 | 0.3 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 302 | NA | 297 |
| 4 | Baturi dal¥ | Munmuna | Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray | 341 | 27 | 55.54 | ND | 8.79 | 178 | 12.45 | 0.22 | 1.15 | 17.1 | 3.8 | 77.5 | ND | 83.3 |
| 5 | Kantha ara# | Kantha leaves | Dentella repens (L.) J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. | 46 | 3.5 | 8 | NA | 7.1 | 11680 | 9 | 3.07 | NA | 81.1 | 1.0 | 425 | 7 | NA |
| 6 | Lupu ara∧ | Chhaya/ Kapurijari/ Gorakhbuti | Aerva lanata L. Juss. Ex Schult. | 56 | 4.6 | 9.5 | ND | 5.9 | 21760 | 12 | ND | ND | 22.1 | 0.7 | 202 | 41 | ND |
| 7 | Kecho ara¥ | Punarnava | Boerhavia procumbens Banks ex Roxb.€ | 52 | 4.37 | 8.67 | ND | 2.47 | 2257 | 0.7 | 0.42 | 1.31 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 877.9 | 0.4 | 8.7 |
| 8 | Burju Baha¥ | Kachnar flower | Bauhinia variegata L. | 83 | 2.98 | 17.7 | ND | 8.49 | 416 | 2.4 | ND | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 404.9 | ND | 447.7 |
| 9 | Adel sanga* | Tapioca | Manihot esculenta Crantz. | 80 | 1.03 | 17.81 | 0.2 | 4.61 | NA | 17.6 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 25.9 | 26 | 42.6 |
| 10 | Haseaar sanga¥ | - | Dioscorea quartiniana A. Rich.€ | 72 | 4.4 | 13.49 | ND | 1.34 | ND | 3.1 | 1.09 | ND | 55.9 | 0.6 | 33.2 | ND | 26.4 |
| 11 | Soso$ | Marking nut (kernel)/ Bhelwa | Semecarpus anacardium L.f. | 587 | 26.4 | 28.4 | 36.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6.1 | NA | 295 | NA | NA |
| 12 | Baadi$ | Banyan fruit | Ficus benghalensis L. | 72 | 1.7 | 11.8 | 2 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 364 | NA | NA |
| 13 | Redhayi/ Mangri$ | Walking catfish | Clarias batrachus | 86 | 15 | 4.2 | 1 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.7 | NA | 210 | NA | 290 |