Today our question is on a very tasty thing, curd. Many people like curd very much. In Ayurveda, we will find information about many food article and their properties like good things and bad things about food article. So when we know about food article properties we can understand where they can use and cannot be used. That means there is an explanation for everything so you can understand this is the quality of things and we can use it in a better way. Let’s know the quality of curd.

• Curd is sour in taste, it is sourness that creates interest in food and also helps to boost digestive juices in our body. So you must have seen that children who are very choosy in food, if given a little curd in the vegetable or given a little curd in rice, they start eating well because of sourness , it creates an interest in eating.
• The second is its quality, it is warm. Yes, curd is not cold; it is warm by nature, that’s why it should not be consumed during summer season.
• Curd helps to make our body strong like it works better for muscle gain, fat gain etc. It removes the dryness inside the body, it is very smooth in nature, so where there is dryness, it works very well, but where there is a problem of cold, there is a lot of Kaf, therefore curd should not be consumed. Secondly, which we have seen in many Hindi films that curd is auspicious, is considered mangal or shubh. Curd is consumed before doing any good work. Curd is also suitable for reproductive tissues and fertility.

Some rules of consuming Curd

In Ayurveda, there are certain rules of consuming curd to get maximum health benefits out of it. Ayurveda expert Dr Hiral Bhatt shared the curd mistakes one should avoid.

1. Do not eat curd every day – curd is very heavy to digest and not suitable for eating every day. if we eat curd every day there is a chance of blocking small channels in our body. Therefore curd should not be eaten every day.
2. Curd should not be eaten at night – Curd can be taken in the morning or in lunch, but curd should not be taken with dinner. Back to the same thing, curd is heavy to digest; our digestion power is less at night, so curd should not be consumed at night.
3. Do not eat curd in summer – do not add curd to your diet in warm season and in October heat season. Also, avoid intake of curd in the spring season of Feb, March. Back to the same thing, it will block small channels in our body, it is heavy to digest, so do not consume curd during that time.
4. It is also advisable to do not to eat curd for those who have blood disorders or bleeding tendency, impure blood, or heavy Kaf. If someone has skin problems, then they have to stay away from curd especially.
5. Curd, which is properly thickened, is good for eating. The curd which is not properly done is very harmful to the body.
6. We can add some ingredients to curd to neutralize its harmful properties. As curd is warm, we add sugar, ghee to curd, so it could not cause acidity in the body. Honey can be mixed with curd so that children do not get Kaf from curd. What we eat Dahivada, it should actually be a Vada of Mung Dal. Consuming curd with Mung Dal Vada is a very good combination. Sometimes amla powder can be added to it.
7. One more important thing is not to heat the curd. Many people have the habit of mixing curd with hot rice, with some hot vegetables, so it is a very bad habit, do not to heat curd. Along with this, there is some such cooking method in which curd is cooked, and then it is also not right according to Ayurveda.

So hope so you understand the basic things of curd. The right way to have a curd and where to avoid.

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