What is Do's and Don'ts for Combination of Foods?

Combination of food 

1. Beneficial Combination of Foods

        Do's for following combination of foods for easy and proper digestion -

• Muskmelon(Kharbooja)    -        With Sugar

• Mango                              -        With Milk

• Banana                             -        With Green Cardamom(small ilaichi)

• Dates                               -        With Milk

• Tamarind(Imli)                 -        With Jaggery

• Corn                                -        With  Curd

• Radish                             -        With Radish Leaves

• Rice                                 -        With Curd

• Aniseed(Saunf)                -        After Guava(Amrood)              

• Jaggery(Gurh)                  -        After Watermelon(Tarbooj)

• Coconut Giri                    -        After Rice

2.   Harmful Combination of Foods

Some food items(solid and liquid)when eaten alone work as nectarlike,but work as a poison when mixed with other food items.Some liquid and solid foods because of their contradictory properties results in various diseases,which can be prevented by avoiding eating such food items.


Don'ts For Following Combination Of Foods for prevention of various diseases/side effects and indigestion -

• Milk - With Curd,Fish,Salty Foods, Tamarind, Coconut, Muskmelon, Radish, Jaggery, Oil, Citrus Fruits etc.

• Curd - With Kheer, Milk, Cheese, Hot Food/drink, Banana, Radish, Muskmelon etc.

• Kheer - With Khichdi, Wine, Sour Foods etc.

• Honey - With Radish, Grapes, Hot Foods, Hot Water/Milk, Khichdi etc.

• Hot Water - With Honey

• Cold Water - with Groundnut, Ghee, Oil, Watermelon, Guava, Pine nuts, Cucumber, Any Hot Food or Hot Milk etc.

• Ghee - With Honey(In Equal Quantity)

• Muskmelon - With Garlic, Radish Leaves,Milk,Curd

• Watermelon - With Mint, Cold Water

• Tea         - With Cucumber

• Rice         - With Vinegar

• Jaggery         - With Radish


3.  Indigestion With Overeating

Indigestion Caused By           Can Be Cured By Eating

• Banana               - 1 or 2 Green Cardamom

• Mango                   - Milk, 2-3 Jambu fruit(jamun)

• Tamarind                - Jaggery

• Peas                    - Ginger or dried ginger

• Lemon                   - Salt

• Urad Dal (Black gram)   - Jaggery

• Rice                    - Cockonut,Curd,Hot Milk,Carom seeds

• Jambu fruit(jamun)      - Mango or little salt

• Muskmelon               - Sugar mixed water

• Watermelon              - One clove or little salt

• Apple                   - Little Gulkand/Cinnamon

• Guava                   - Aniseed

• Sugarcane               - 2-3 Green berry(Ber)

• Corn                    - Curd

• Kheer                   - Black pepper

• Apricot                 - Cold water

• Gram flour              - Radish leaves

• Radish                  - Radish leaves                                            

• Sweet Potato
        (Shakarkandi) - Jaggery

• Old Ghee                - Lemon juice

• Ghee                      - Black pepper or Hot water

• Green Berry           - Suck sugarcane or drink Hot water

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