OUR FOOD OUR IDENTITY

OUR FOOD, OUR IDENTITY

MY FOOD!

13th April (DAY:1)

My cousin made snacks in the evening with crushed oreos and chocolate syrup.

14th April (DAY:2) 

BREAKFAST

Porraidge with roti

LUNCH

Preparation of Dahi Vada: balls of vada mixture were fried. 

SNACKS

Gol gappas for evening snacks. 

DESSERT

Atta for gulab jamun is being prepared (little experiment) 

15th April (DAY:3)

BREAKFAST

For breakfast we had panner bhurji and rotis. 

LUNCH 

Daal ki sabzi, cauliflower kofta with toits

 DINNER

 Yellow daal with white rice.

16th April (DAY: 4)

BREAKFAST

Poori and rice with black channa, curd and salad.

 LUNCH

 Rajma, lassi, cucumber and roti. 

ICONIC PUNJABI/FAMILY FOOD ITEMS/DISHES

 HOMEMADE WHITE BUTTER: Malai from milk is taken and whipped with either machine or manually until it becomes a cream like texture.

 LASSI: Required glass of curd is mixed in a mixer for few mins with either sugar (for sweet) or salt (for salty) lassi.

GHEE SHAKKAR: 2 spoons ghee is put on hot chapati, then 2 spoons of brown jaggery is put in roti. you can either make a roll of it or crush the roti along with ghee shakar to make 'churi'.

17th April (DAY:5)

BREAKFAST

Poha,halwa,omlete,fruits cake

LUNCH

 Khichdi and curd.

SNACKS

SECONDARY RESEARCH

• PRANIC FOOD: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/wisdom/article/what-to-eat-making-right-food-choices 
• i also referred to a 'times wellness' pdf about pranic food, which said in yoga we do not look at foods in terms of vitamins, minerals etc . we categorise food into positive, negative and zero pranic food. pranic means energy, positive is something that add energy to my body. 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itmPups6EAE
• i also referred to people's presentation and my the brief

navrasas

 PRESENTATION-1  (17th april)

my food: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VpgGP0etHv46iKal07OYJ7nNj_UtZ-wm/view?usp=sharing

RESEARCH/ NOTES

SECONDARY RESEARCH

• origin of roti:  https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-origin-of-roti 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roti
• https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/food-wine/food-story-how-indias-favourite-flatbread-roti-was-born/

types of sugar

JAGGERY

 reference to brief

reference pictures

 PROCESS OF MAKING JAGGERY

NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF JAGGERY

Screenshots from videos i watched about 'process of making jaggery': 

DOCUMENTARY ON STICHING 

screenshots of parts of my brief i referred to:

PRESENTATION-2  (23rd april)

phase 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15ly-kapYfAA6euzNdOEnV0AhX9LQi5p5/view?usp=sharing

my recipe: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11-Kdj7jr6NoVKzDvcP2XuCx6Xj8mpzHN/view?usp=sharing

EXPLORATIONS

i wanted to show malleable property of churi through paper mache.

1st exploration

at the end i drizzled some sand on the top to get the colour and texture of churi. i wanted to try as many mediums as possible so that i could find that one medium that could perfectly represent churi.

2nd exploration

random things i tried...

materials i explored with...

cardboard, dry leaves, newspaper, tree ropes, plastic, wood

PRESENTATION- 3 (4rth may)

concepts: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lgjmoanoPM49aCZexyWFVtOigswmSBer/view?usp=sharing

PROCESS OF MAKING MY FINAL MODEL

FINAL PRESENTATION (11th may)

first attempt: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12GkGlD94Wu9GypRZ88dZGHqCxnfkzTYu/view?usp=sharing

second attempt: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NUfMDOZmGL76ylRwn0xra-OoRshVx_sn/view?usp=sharing

REFLECTION

we started this project with a presentation on what food meant to us and its significance in our culture. it made me reflect on my daily food habits, what kind of food is eaten more in our house, everyday routine and how important food is in our lives. i realised how food varies from culture to culture and also what are the roots of some of the most iconic dishes like roti,bread etc. then we had to pay attention to what food we eat everyday, why we eat it and document it. this helped me learn more about my culture and why such specific kind of food is eaten. while doing so the only struggle i faced was i used to forget to take pictures of my food before eating it because most of the time the food was so tasty that all my attention was on eating it.  and then we had to select a dish that is indigenous to our culture and also reflects us on a personal level, i chose churi.