ART OF COOKING W.S.R CHILD NUTRITION - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Ayurveda, the age-old science of longevity has its own unique approach with childhood nutritional disorders. Ahara is one among three pillars of Ayurveda1. Many common health problems can be prevented through healthy diet. When one consumes the Ahara i.e. food in proper quantity and quality and also with The Ishta Gandha, Ishta Varna, Ishta Rasa it leads to improvement or maintenance of the Bala, Varna, ojus2. So, Ahara plays a very important role in child nutrition to improve the immunity of the child and to maintain the healthy status of child. As mother plays a very important role in preparing the food, it is in the hand of the mother, how she cooks the food by using the innovative ideas to fill the stomach of the child with the nutritious food ingredients with the attractive colour, shapes and taste. So, here an effort is made to prepare some of the food articles which looks like junky, but they are the healthy and nutritious food to provide the required nutrition to the child in the form of different forms of cooking, which helps the mother to cook the food with the innovative ideas. Keywords: Ahara, Ayurveda Cooking, Junk food.