Ethnic Foods and Food based Traditional Knowledge of Fishing community in Kerala, India
Ethnic Foods and Food based Traditional Knowledge of Fishing community in Kerala, India
Date
2021
Authors
Ashok, Arathy
Sreejith, S.
Benjamin, Diana
Bindu, J.
Gopal, Nikita
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Society of Fisheries Technologists (India)
Abstract
Ethnic food systems represent the culture, traditions
and customs a community followsand can be
considered to be on par with the ethno botanical
food and medicinal knowledge. Fishing communities
also possesses knowledge on the nutritional and
medicinal values related to the diverse resources of
the sea. Proper documentation of such systems can
refurbish our food habits and can act as repositories
for ensuring that these are back in the culinary
practices. .This communication presents some of the
information that was documented from a study
carried out in six coastal districts of Kerala during
2015-2016 in 47 fishing villages focussed on the
various indigenous traditional knowledge practised
in fishing and highlights the various traditional fish
based foods in the community. Distinct beliefs
regarding nutritional and medicinal use of different
fishes along different places in Kerala have also been
discussed in this paper.
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Keywords
Food Habits, Fish, Fishermen, nandan