Healthy food dishes to eat when sick

Pretty much every Indian home has their own version of ‘sick’ food, fed to loved ones who are battling discomforts such as indigestion, colds, coughs, fever, headaches, period pain, and the like. While their medicinal properties may be debatable, the home remedies deliver what every afflicted soul needs like the comfort, warmth, and a soothed belly.

India offers a rich diversity of soups, watery dals, and herbal decoctions to replace lost fluids. A common decoction drunk across the country is the Ayurvedic kaadha, made by boiling down herbs (especially tulsi) and spices (pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, licorice) into a healing beverage.

I prefer soups during my sick day which actually makes me feel much better during the day. Down south, steaming, peppery rasams abound, such as the cumin-scented jeera milagu rasam of Tamil Nadu or the garlicky dal-based miriyala pappu chaaru of Andhra Pradesh Other treats that made an appearance in times of sickness included pez (kanji) and the nourishing and tasty tizann, a warm porridge of nachni (ragi), local palm jaggery, and coconut milk. Another is Rice which could very well be considered the superfood of the sick. It can be served with invigorating ghee or cooling yoghurt, or be cooked into an invalid-friendly gruel such as khichdi. For south Indians Curd rice is the most preferably cure-all dish. It is fairly easy to make, the ingredients are accessible and local and it cuts across barriers by helping with digestion, is easy on the stomach. In India there are many other foods to eat while being sick like Honey, Coconut water, Ginger & Garlic, Chicken soup and broth for the Non vegetarians, Leafy vegetables, Bananas and certainly the most easiest food Oatmeal. There are a lot of Tea lovers in India and it's one of the best remedy to make your day happy-go-lucky.

There's a famous saying”Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food," said by Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine two-and-a-half thousand years ago. In today's pandemic scenario we need to have a really strong immune system. Certain foods have powerful properties that can support your body while it's fighting an illness. They may relieve certain symptoms and even help you heal more quickly.