Let thy kitchen be thy apothecary

According to our ancient Indian science, Ayurveda, Indian food is complete and enough for our bodies. Our legumes, beans, grains, fruits and vegetables provide us with ample amount of fiber, fat, carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins and minerals. Our foods are sufficient enough to make us nutritionally efficient. Even though we may be obsessed with our rice and roti, our traditional Indian diet composes of healthy ingredients. The spices we use for preparing the food, not only add flavor to the food but also enrich our food with necessary nutrients. They act as real medicine for al ailments that's why Hippocrates has rightly said, “Let thy kitchen be thy medicine and let the food be the medicine’. This paper discusses about nutritional benefits of everyday food items we eat and how our home cooked food and the utensils used for cooking benefits us to stay healthy.