COOKERY PRACTICE, NATURAL & HERBAL RECIPES

Semester: IV
Sub Code:DNYT P 403
Credits: 4
Hours/Wk: 8
Total Hrs: 120
Exam Marks: 50
IA Marks: 50
Exam Duration: 3 Hrs

Unit 1:(20 hours)
Cookery Practice
1. Customs and manners of eating - Their appropriation.
2. Uses of different types of food and its preparation.
3. Medicinal values spices in Naturopathy.
4. Visit to the Nutrition departments in Hospitals.
5. One field visit – Nutrition and Diet survey.
6. Preparation of the low cost balanced diet for different population.
7. Cookery Practical and Natural Recipes of Soups, Salads, Green Chutney items in a variety.
8. Methods of cooking - nutrient losses and preservation.
9. Menu planning using various food sources and raw foods in general and for patients.
10. Demonstration of Sprouts.

Unit 2:(20 hours)
Natural Recipes
Qualities of food according to Yoga. Knowledge of Sattvik, Rajasika and Tamasik food. Their importance. Preparation at the Nature Cure Hospital.

Unit 3:(20 hours)
Herbal
Herbs & it’s preparation as:
• Decoction
• Poultices/Packs
• Raw Juice Extract
• Infusion

Most commonly used Herbs
• Brahmi
• Dhurvagrass
• Garlic
• Haldi
• Lemongrass
• Mint
• Neem
• Shatavari
• Tulsi
• Vaccha
• Vilva
• Wheatgrass