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Sattvik food festival:

Everybody loves to it. Sattvik food festival much awaited traditional food festival where thousands of foodies get together to enjoy traditional food. It offers a variety of healthy food. Basically Sattvik food encourages food that are grown naturally and it avoid any food that involves harming and killing of animals. If we want to become healthy or to maintain healthy by using an Ayurvedic approach then moving towards sattvik life is a key element. So to explain all the importance of Sattvik life the event Sattvik food festival is carried by Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions(SRISTI) and it brings farmers organic and eco-friendly agro-products, crafts, pottery, songs, folk dance, exhibihition of grassroots, competition and so much. Sattvik festival banned those dishes, i.e., street food, gujarati food and other food which are easily available. Sattvik is a 3 day festival in Decemeber, it passes the knowledge that the food rich eat is sometimes poor and the food grown by poorer in their region is richer. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains are sattvik diet and it’s used to believe that it’s clean the mind and body and keeps physically and mentally healthy. It is carried out to inspire the people to adopt a healthier food habits and lifestyle and to encourage farmers to grow more crops and to increase their income. Most of the products at the festival are made and sold by ladies. Sattvik food balance all the elements in our body and keep us calm and healthy and it’s a best diet for food mind, physically, mentally and for a long life. As per believing this kind of food is easily digested and if you are suffering from diabetes and high bp then adopting sattvik diet can improve the health.

Importance of Sattvik food:

Sattvic food importance has been specified from time to time and Sattvic food nourishes the tissue in the body and also it can be say that if pregnant woman consume sattvic food than it help nourish all vital elements required by the foetus in her womb and also it reduce the stress. And other thing is the message convey by the Sattvik food festival is that the importance of Sattvic food during Hindu festival is quite the mixture of scientific and Hindu religious rituals, as per religious view it is important to worship Goddess Durga twice- once during spring(vasant) and once in fall(Sharadiya) are to be worshipped in this period of time and it explain itself about a diet because these are the seasons when our body is more vulnerable to disease and during that period good diet is important to boost our immunity, so the motive behind the religious view is to help in keeping our body healthy. And there are many reasons why Sattvic food is essential for a long and healthy life and also during this period where small children and youth are on the path of junk food, where Sattvic food is fading away and to preserve our food heritage and its culture, the step has been taken by SRISTI by introducing Sattvik food festival. Everyone is spending so much money on food but some of them getting more frequent health problems then what is the need and meaning of spending on those goods where we are not getting benefits, thereby sattvik food festival is carried in Ahmedabad so that people are aware of eating junk food will not keep them healthy. To be healthy we should look for physical, mental and spiritual health and for that we must aware of our food habits and also take care of food hygiene, preserving, nutrition and many other things.

The item presented at the festival is rich in fibre and it doesn’t offer conventional dishes, it focuses on dishes that hold cultural and nutritional. There are many people in India facing problem of Cholesterol related problem and other issue and the aim purpose from this festival is to promote “Sattvik Bhojan” among the people.

Purpose of Sattvik food:

SRISTI is targeting nearly 50 such elderly women to conduct the workshop on what our grandmothers ate for healthy living and Professor Anil Gupta who has been spearheading the festival and other innovation activities said, “Our aim is to reach out to grandmothers, elderly women who have never consumed any medicines only because they ate well. And with the experience of these women will be sharing their food habits and lifestyle which has led them to live a healthy life. Some of the farmers find difficult to sell their crop in their region so SRISTI give them an an opportunity and only invite those farmers who have yielded the crops from organic field and which are verified by them. Around there are 150 food stalls in which 75 food stalls which will put on sale of packaged food like Ragi biscuits, Ragi papad and also some of the specialities dish like ‘Makai na Paania’, ‘Jowar no Ponkh’ and Valsad’s farmed mixed vegetable dish similar to Undhiyu also available here. And also talking into account of the government push for cashless transaction, SRISTI also provide transactions through Paytm. In 2016 practical knowledge given to the children by practical and project based learning, 14 children from Dhedhuki, a village in Rajkot and study at ‘K shala’ run by Lokmitra organization, children treat people at the food festival with cactus food ice-cream, kulfi, sugarcane etc. Also there is receipe contest which witness more number of competitors and number of varieties of dishes will display in competition.

It has been recorded that for the past 15 years nearly 60000 people have been attending Sattvik food festival and in future they hope to have at least one lakh people at the Sattvik food festival. Though Sattvik is primarily a food festival but it has evolved much beyond it. It is a cultural social environment of people who have come together to exhibit the rich heritage of the country: pottery, folk dance, music performances, handicrafts, or workshop for kids everything Sattvik has been providing a platform to all. Sattvik is only the place where urban population introduce with the traditional food. Each stall is allowed to sell maximum six item and out of this at least two recipes are necessary made out of indigenous crops from the different regions of the country – forgotten food grains find place in modern day palates. For the past two years the Union Ministry of women and Child development has sponsored 50 crafts and food stalls from different parts of the country. An added attraction exhibition has been preparing 20 different dishes from 200 varieties of rice for tasting. Sattvik also hosts and organic farmers’ market known as “Khedut Haat”. Several organic farm products, unknown grains, old varieties of red rice, Krishna-kumud rice, local varities of soyabean and minor millets such as Bawto, Bunti, Ragi and Kaali moong are available at this market from the tribal areas of Gujarat. With local restaurants offering international food and one often forgets the richness of Indian cuisine in terms of ingredients, taste and variety. In an attempt to revive the tastes of different times and spaces, Sattvik organises a platform to celebrate nutritious and traditional food and also associated knowledge systems, this initiative from Gujarat is on a mission to popularise traditional recipes from every corner of the country.

Seasonal produce is included in Sattvik diet:

Though due to advanced technologies of food production, all the natural produce is available throughout the year, Sattvik diet recommends seasonal food for a simple reason. Locally harvested foods have their flavours which they release to us when we eat them. Thus the seasonal food is more nutritious and tasty rather than to put in cold storage and induced with chemical gases for preservation. And onion and garlic are excluded from the Sattvik diet because as per Ayurveda they induce aggression and anxiety. Thus, they are harmful physically, spirituality, mentally and emotionally. And also for the simple reason that they produce body odour and this fact is even recognized by the Chinese culture, which is as old as our civilization. Indian culture is significantly connected and based on science and every religion practices it has its own beliefs, ideas which make our living style better. The motive of Sattvik food festival is to clear understand of Sattvik food, some things to keep in mind is that forbids consumption of packaged food, canned and processed food, it encourages food that are grown harmoniously with seasonal food and food that are ripened that are grown naturally. With SRISTI efforts by introducing Sattvik food festival in Ahmedabad, some of the citizens are beginning to purchase organic produce. If SRISTI introduce Sattvik food festival in other state, then it’s the beneficial for the people to make their life better and healthier. Sattvik is the mass movement to aware the people of what they are eating and what they lose in their life, Sattvik food festival is a message to all the people be careful of what you eat because of your unawareness you are inviting many disease and health issue to you. Thus, the flavours of traditional Indian kitchen have always been mystical as the Indian culture itself. Different spices perfectly blended to create a symphony of taste and magic. Sattvik food festival is unique and interesting among it.