NCERT Book Class 6 Science Chapter 1 Components of Food

1 Components of Food

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n lower classes, we made lists of the curd, butter milk and pickles. Some
food items that we eat. We also examples of meals from different regions
identified food items eaten in are given in Table 1.1. Select food items
different parts of India and marked and enter these in Table 1.1.
these on its map. Sometimes, we may not really have
A meal could consist of chapati, dal all this variety in our meals. If we are
and brinjal curry. Another may be rice, travelling, we may eat whatever is
sambar and a vegetable preparation of available on the way. It may not be
lady’s finger (bhindi). Yet another meal possible for some of us, to eat such a
could be appam, fish curry and variety of items, most of the time.
vegetables. There must be some reason though,
why meals usually consist of such a
distribution. Do you think that our body
needs different kinds of food for some
special purpose?
1.1 WHAT DO DIFFERENT FOOD
ITEMS CONTAIN?
Activity 1 We know that each dish is usually made
Our meals usually have at least one item up of one or more ingredients, which
made of some kind of grain. Other items we get from plants or animals. These
could be a dal or a dish of meat and ingredients contain some components
vegetables. It may also include items like that are needed by our body. These
Table 1.1 Some common meals of different regions/states

Region/
Item of grain Item of Vegetables Others
State dal/meat
Rajma Sarson saag Curd, ghee
Punjab Makki (cor n) roti (Kidney beans) (Mustard leaf curry)

Andhra Tuar dal and Butter milk, ghee,
Pradesh Rice rasam (charu) Kunduru (dondakai) pickle (aavakai)

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