Hello Dileep, thank you for your opinion.

It is possible that the climate in India is warm year round, so there is no need to preserve fruits and veggies to preserve foods for the cold season. The experience is vibrantly alive.

Veggies and fruits are fermented into chutneys, rice and beans into dosas and idlis, and fermented wines, called Arishthas and Asavas, have been enjoyed for thousands of years. Ayurveda, and probably every kitchen wife in before the industrial revolution, knew the benefits of homemade ferments.

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In Ayurveda, this was already accomplished by ingesting lacto-fermented dairy.

Make some sauerkraut to boost your agni and aid elimination.

In Ayurveda, consuming fermented foods is recommended with your meal in condiment-sized portions.

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