Summary :
- Food is the basic necessity of our life. It is required for energy, repairing, growth and protection against disease.
- Raw materials required to prepare a dish are known as its ingredients.
- Different parts of the plants are eaten as food like root, stem, leaves, flower and seeds.
- Animals provide us food in the form of milk, meat, fish eggs and honey.
- Different Animals eat different foods and are divided into three categories Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.
- There is a lot of variation in the food items eaten in different regions of our country.