The Seven Flavourings - conclusion

So this is the secret to our success. In the place of seven harmful tastes, you can use many more helpful tastes and give your food new dressing. In such a way you can prepare anything and everything--chutney, soup, fry, snacks, sweets, and what not.

Spices

Black cumin, ginger, coriander seeds, mustard seeds, etc., are prohibited. Replace them with pulses. Replace garlic with onion. Onion also gives a good flavor to the curry.

Oil

You can use the seeds that provide oil. For instance, in the place of groundnut oil, you can grind groundnut seeds and use the powder. Similarly, you can use coconut. They are not harmful.

Ghee

You can replace this with the required amount of thick milk or curd.

Sweet

Sugar is well known. Stop using it. You can use harmless honey in its place. You can also use dates.

Sour

Till now you have been using tamarind for sour taste. Now use raw tamarind, mangoes, lemon, or amla as much as you want.

Chili Powder

So far you have used red chilies or red chili powder in your cooking. Now substitute it with green chilies.

Salt

Every edible item created by God has some pinch of salt in it. In fact, our bodies need only a small quantity of salt and every item that we eat contains inherently more than the required quantity. The creator of our body, God, knows very well what we need, so He has taken care that we should not miss any of them. That’s why He has provided natural salt in every food and that’s why we don’t need to add further salt through our food.

Then you may ask why your tongue does not taste this salt in our natural food. It is because your tongue has become so used to salt that it no longer tastes the lesser quantity. If you are accustomed to drinking strong coffee, can’t you tell the difference at once if the brew is weak? The same principle is applicable here also.

If you don’t add salt to your food for three or four months, your tongue will be able to identify the salt in vegetables and fruits. In place of salt, you can add any of these to make your food tasty – milk, curds, coconut, tomato, leafy vegetables, or sour items.