Seasonal fruits and veggies around the year-India

Do u feel that our parents or grand parents are more healthy than us at this age?

Do u know the secret of being healthy?
 
yes, I feel so and  I know the reason is Eating Seasonal Fruits and Vegetables,Nature knows whats best at what time,following the cycle of  nature and eating seasonal helps in keeping us healthy.
And as a mother its our duty to feed our little one the seasonal and the most nutritious food,for their better growth and health
 
But do u know what grows in which season?
With the advancement cold storages and better agricultural practices ,
or u can say with coming of supermarkets or malls culture ,most of the vegetables and fruits are available thru out the year,irrespective of their season.
Its really difficult to guess what grows in what season? Infact I am quite an ignorant in this as compared to my parents.
 
But yes I do remember that ber are always available during shivratri, oranges we always ate while sunbathing during winters,and jamuns we used to collect them directly from trees during our summer vacations.
 
Do u know why most of the marriages in India are scheduled in winters only?
One of the most important reason is availability of more vegetables in winters as compared to summers like spinach, cauliflower, brinjal, peas, broccoli, carrots......
so more dishes on menu,like palak paneer,matar paneer,bharva baingan or gobhi ki sabzi,ghazar ka halwa..................... yummy!!feeling hungry
 
otherwise in summers we wud be eating lauki ,kaddu,parwal or karela in wedding parties.
 
I want to tell u one thing that I thought it wud be easy to write on this topic but  it is not at all,it took me three days to find the actual month whn a particular vegetable is available in market,In a place like Delhi,u wud found every vegetable available round the year.
another difficult task was finding the right name of vegetables in hindi or English.I came across names like tendli,tindora,doodhi etc..... that I never ever have heard in my life before,so was not easy to distinguish the vegetables.
 
Another difficult thing is difference in availability of veggies and fruits in north and south region & metropolitan cites or small towns.
 
But still somehow I managed to compiled the list month wise with the help of an article in Times of India website 
 
January
Vegetables Cauliflower,Peas,Brinjal, Spinach(palak), Ivy Gourd Coccinia grandisl(kundru,tendli), Tomatoes, Cabbage,Carrot,Radish, Beetroot,Broccoli,Capsicum

 

Fruits Papaya,Pomegranate,Straw berries,Passion fruits,Grapes,Guava
 

February
vegetables Fenugreek(Methi), Cabbage,Carrot,Radish,Spring onion,Capsicum,Broccoli.drumstick(sahjan ,singhphali),

Fruits Oranges,Chickoo, Musk melon,Grapes,Guava,Papaya,Pomegranate,Pineapple,Strawberries.

March
vegetables Pointed gourd(Parwal),Spinach,Fenugreek,Capsicum,Carrot, tindora, pumpkin.

Fruits Mango —raw(kaccha aam),Totapuri, Badami ,Watermelon,Grapes,Orange, Pineapple,Banana, Muskmelon, Strawberries.

April
vegetables Lady's finger(okra),Cucumber,Calabash(Bottle gourd,Lauki,Doodhi,),Bitter Squash(Karela),Amarnath(Chaulai,Chawli),Pumpkin.Beans,Kundru,Parwal,

Fruits Jackfruit(kathal)rest fruits mostly same as available in march

May
vegetables Spinach,Cucumber,Lauki,Karela,Beans.
Fruits  Jamuns(indian plum or purple berry),Mango — Alphonso, Kesar,Litchis(lychee),Raw Papaya,Jackfruit, Watermelon,Muskmelon.

June
vegetables Spinach,Okra( lady's finger),Cucumber,Amarnath(chawli),Cluster Beans(gawar,fali,semiya),Corn,Capsicum,Sweet potato.

Fruits Mango — Alphonso,dussehri, Kesar.

July
vegetables round gourd(tinda),bottle guard(lauki, doodhi), snake gourd(chichinda,padwal), karela.& rest same as june
Fruits Mango — Kesar,dussheri Totapuri — cherries, peach, plum.

August
vegetables most veggies same as available in june and july.
Fruits Custard apple & rest same as June

September
vegetablesmost veggies same as available in june,july & august
Fruits Guava, papaya, pomegranate, custard apple(sharifa), passion fruit.

October
vegetables Brinjal, tomatoes, dil(Suva bhaji / Soye), spring onions & rest same as available in sep

Fruits mostly same as October & September.

November
vegetables French beans & rest same as october

Fruits Orange, dates, guava, papaya, pomegranate, custard apple.


December
vegetables Radish, beetroot, yam(ratalu,sooran).Sarson, Bathua,palak & rest same as oct and nov
Fruits Strawberries, orange, sweet lime, fig(anjeer), guava, custard apple, pineapple.

even I was one of those who hardly cared for this ,always bought whatever feel like to eat or cook from supermarkets.But thanks to my regular visits to local vegetable or fruit market ,I can say ,I am no more an ignorant,and thus keeping myself healthy and being easy on my pocket too.

pls do tell me if I have missed any veggie or fruit?And if u liked my post,pls tick the box next to like option