Scope
The Hindu Compliance System gives direction on cooking science which is compiled from Bhaga Shastra. Bhaga Shastra classifies foods into rajasik, tamasik and satvik types. Rajasik food makes one feel agitated, aggressive, lustful and egoistic. Tamasik food makes a person lazy, sleepy and depressed. Satvik food gives clarity to the person and brings him peace of mind leading to bhakti (devotion), tripti (fulfilment) and ananda (bliss).
Six types of tastes are described in the Bhaga Shastra – salt, sweet, sour, hot, bitter and pungent. It states that every meal should include all these tastes so that the appetite is satisfied and the tongue is neutralized by all the tastes being together. As per the instructions in Bhaga Shastra, in order for all parts of the body, mind and brain to function properly, a balanced diet of all these tastes is a must.
Further, the purpose of having all six tastes is to balance the tridoshas in the body, namely vaata (acidic), pitta (alkaline) and Kapha (phlegm). Every ingredient used in Hindu cooking is classified as per its dosha properties.
For thousands of years, Hindus have been cooking food that is organic, nature friendly and with numerous benefits. This standard will help organizations, businesses like hotels, restaurants etc. to cook the food as mentioned in Hindu Scriptures.
Ingredient and Process of Cooking
Tamarind -1½ palam
Green Chillies -1½ palam
Sukkankai -8 palam
Cooked Pigeon Pea -1½ palam
Black Gram – ½ palam
Cleaned Sesame Seeds – ½ palam
Green Chillies -1½ palam
Red Chillies – palam
Grated Coconut – ¼ palam
1. Add tamarind to pure water ½ padi in a coated vessel. Fry separately in ghee or oil black gram, cleaned sesame seeds, pepper, chillies, grated coconut. Mix this with the tamarind pulp and keep it on fire and boil it.
2. Add pepper to the mixture. Cut green chillies into small pieces and fry it in the ghee and put it in the curry.
3. Add cooked toor dal to the curry. Instead of vathal, add sukkankai after removing the skin.
References
Hindu Bhaga Sasthiram: Click Here
Hindu Compliance Body
The Hindu compliance body was established under the executive order of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism, dated August 14, 2020, order number 10010, under the title Reviving the Hindu Compliance System and Body
to create, promote, spread and teach the standard procedures for all products and services that are in compliance Hindu Shastras.
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