Our ancestors distinguished the food into three types based on their characteristics. Among the three, we have already seen the first type (satvika food) in previous post. On continuation, we are going to see about rajo food types.
Rajo food will imbibe following list of characteristics on continual intake. The characteristics expected are; briskness, vigour, physical strength, self fanaticism, over confidence, brute force, lust, jealous, anger, psychological outburst, temporal instability, dynamic, enthusiastic and also have a feel of accomplishing any task.
Moreover, the people and society with zeal, supremacy and with aim of achieving something were having this rajo mentality.
Alright!! What are all the foods belong to this rajo group?
Our ancestors differentiated it very well.
Rajo foods:
1. Green chillies
2. Oosi Milakaai (Needle chillies)
3. Unripe lemon
4. Riped lemon
5. Tamarind
6. Fig fruit
7. Aavaram flower
8. Banana flower
9. Aru keerai
10. Red pumpkin leaf
11. Pudhina (Mint)
12. Paara vetrilai (Beetle leaf)
13. Maahali kizhangu
14. Kaara karunai kizhangu
15. Kotti kizhangu
16. Karunai kizhangu
17. Lotus rhizome
18. Siru kizhangu
19. Kalippaakku
20. Mustard oil
21. Milk from buck (vellaadu)
22. Curd from buck
23. Oil from buck
24. Ghee from buck
25. Omum
26. Poppy seed
27. Mixed ghee
28. White pumbkin
29. Red pumpkin
30. Pig snake guard
31. Ladys finger
32. Snake guard
33. Black cumin
34. Kaattu seeragam
35. Pirappu seeragam
36. Cloves
37. Lavanga pattai
38. Appalak kaaram
39. Table salt
40. Tamarind
41. Chillies
42. Naai kaduku (A type of mustard seed)
43. Red mustard
44. Small mustard
45. White mustard
46. Coriander seed
47. Curcuma aromatica
48. Musk
49. Turmeric
50. Cashew nuts
51. Manila
52. Sagital
53. Red gram
54. Pineapple
55. Pomegranate
56. Komati maadhulai (A type of pomegranate)
57. All other food with the feel of hot or alkaline taste in tongue comes under this rajo food category.
All these above listed foods imbibe briskness and acuteness on inhaling persons which provoke and control the feelings of earthly peoples.
Well!! We can see about thamasa foods in upcoming posts.
Original – www.siththarkal.com
Translated by Lalithambika Rajasekaran
