SLCO100 Learning and Communicating Online Assessment 2A: Producing an online informational resource

1. SLCO100 Learning and Communicating Online
Assessment 2A: Producing an online informational
resource
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2. Food in north India
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Food is one of the most important part of life and
every culture has has different types of food that
they use to serve the society.
For example the subcontinent of India is diverse and
has different types of food recipes

3. Food in north India
According to Satija, Taylor, Khurana & Ebrahim
(2012) Punjab is a state that lies in the northern part
of the Indian subcontinent and its population is
around 30 million. It is one of the most prosperous
states in India and is often called as the food bowl of
the nation. Food in Punjab is always rich and special.
There are different types of food recipes for different
occasions. However, the food served in Punjab state
of India can be roughly divided into three parts,

4. Food in north India
Main serving
Desserts
Beverages
Main serving: According to Jackson (2011) the main
serving or the main diet in Punjab is mostly wheat
and rice. Wheat is grown abundantly in Punjab and
so is rice and they both form the main servings.
However, there is a need to mention that the main
serving in the Punjab state changes with the season
(Jackson, 2011).

5. Food in north India
For example, according to Holliday (2013) in the
winters, the main serving in Punjab ranges from
maize flour chapatti or bread to fresh vegetables. On
the other hand in summers, wheat flour chapatti is
the main serving, accompanied by lentils and curd
(Holliday, 2013).

6. Food in north India
Furthermore, according to Oliffe, Grewal, Bottorff &
Hislop (2010) different seasons and festivals have
special food servings. For example, during the
baisakhi festival in Punjab the main serving will be
different and is mostly made up go jaggery and curd.
Moreover, there can be additional serving made up
of milk and rice. Indeed there are special ways to
celebrate the festival of baisakhi in Punjab (Oliffe,
Grewal, Bottorff & Hislop, 2010).

7. Food in north India
According to Hafeez, Khan, Ashfaq & Khan (2011)
this trend extends to almost all festivals in Punjab
and each festival will have something special to it.
The main diet and servings will still remain either
wheat flour dishes or rice dishes, but they vary
considerably according to the season. However, there
is always something special in the diet of Punjab
(Hafeez, Khan, Ashfaq & Khan, 2011).

8. Food in north India
Furthermore, according to Bansal, Satija, Khandpur &
Ebrahim (2010) the main diet is not just limited to
vegetables; Punjab state of India is having abundant
meat lovers too. The most common meat eaten in
Punjab is chicken followed by goat meat. Other
meats like fish are available but they are not very
popular. Chicken happens or be the most favourite of
the Punjab state and there is no dearth of chicken
dishes available in Punjab (Bansal, Satija, Khandpur
& Ebrahim, 2010).
Therefore, as far as main dishes are concerned there is
no dearth of the types of dishes served in Punjab

9. Food in north India
2. The desserts
According to Satija, Taylor, Khurana & Ebrahim
(2012) desserts are an integral part of the diet in
Punjab and just like the food, desserts are also
different for different occasions. However, in routine
the most common dessert that is part of the diet and
serving in Punjab is either the dessert made out of
milk and ice or the dessert made out of semolina and
milk. These two are the most common desserts in the
state (Satija, Taylor, Khurana & Ebrahim, 2012).

10. Food in north India
According to Jackson (2011) apart from these two
there are many order desserts made up of milk and
milk products. The use of gram flour is also very
common in making desserts. There is hardly any
occasion or day when desserts are not eaten in
Punjab (Jackson, 2011).

11. Food in north India
The list of desserts in unending and so are the
occasions on which the desserts are used, the type of
desserts over the years has not changed much, but
the usage has changed (Holliday, 2013). For example
in the past there was more emphasis on using jaggery
as well as sugar for sweetening purpose.

12. Food in north India
However, according to Oliffe, Grewal, Bottorff &
Hislop (2010) over the years there has been a
considerable change in the ways in which desserts
have been prepared. There has been a spurt in
obesity cases as well in the cases of diabetes in
Punjab. In order to ensure that the menace of obesity
as well that of diabetes stays under control the use of
sugar as well as jaggery has declined and instead
sugar free sugar is being used in more and more
desserts (Oliffe, Grewal, Bottorff & Hislop, 2010).
This change has been very helpful in reducing the
instances of diabetes as well as obesity in the Punjab

13. Food in north India
Beverages
According to Bansal, Satija, Khandpur & Ebrahim
(2010) Punjab state is one of the richest states in
India economically as well as culturally. Beverages
are diverse too. For example, there are different
beverages for different times of the day. Coffee is not
so very popular in Punjab but tea is more popular.
Moreover, milk and beverages made out of milk are
very much cherished in Punjab (Bansal, Satija,
Khandpur & Ebrahim, 2010).

14. Food in north India
Likewise, according to Satija, Taylor, Khurana &
Ebrahim (2012) juice is one of the most commonly
had beverages, and sugar cane juice, orange juice
and apple juice happens to be the favotiure ones.
Curd and churned curd is one such delicacy that is
taken many times in a day. There is no limit to how
much time it is had in a day (Satija, Taylor, Khurana
& Ebrahim, 2012).

15. Food in north India
Summers have more beverages made up of cold milk
as compared to in winters, when tea happens to be
the most consumed beverage. There is no dearth of
milk in Punjab and milk beverages happen to be the
most cherished and consumed ones (Jackson, 2011).

16. Food in north India
In the recent times, there has been good amount of
migration into Punjab from different states,
especially from the eastern states (Jackson, 2011).
The new comers have adopted and are following the
life style of Punjab but more or less they have also
brought their own delicacies especially regarding
food and beverages. Indeed it will not be wrong to
state that the state is having diversity not only in the
type of individuals staying in the state but there is
diversity regarding three beverages as well as food
consumed in Punjab (Jackson, 2011).

17. References
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Hafeez, S., Khan, G. S., Ashfaq, M., & Khan, Z. H. (2011). Food habits of the Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix
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Holliday, E. G. (2013). Hints of Unique Genetic Effects for Type 2 Diabetes in India. Diabetes, 62(5), 1369-1370.
Jackson, R. S. (Ed.). (2011). Advances in Food and Nutrition Research 63. Speciality Wines (Vol. 63). Access Online
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Oliffe, J. L., Grewal, S., Bottorff, J. L., Dhesi, J., Bindy, H., Kang, K., ... & Hislop, T. G. (2010). Masculinities, diet and senior
Punjabi Sikh immigrant men: food for Western thought?. Sociology of health & illness, 32(5), 761-776.
Satija, A., Taylor, F. C., Khurana, S., Tripathy, V., Khandpur, N., Bowen, L., ... & Ebrahim, S. (2012). Differences in
consumption of food items between obese and normal-weight people in India.