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Data
The food numbers come from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017, published by the National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), through the open IFCT 2017 compositions dataset (MIT licence).
Daily needs follow the ICMR-NIN Nutrient Requirements for Indians 2020.
Foods not in the Indian tables
A few foods people search for are not in the Indian tables. Their numbers come from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy), published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
It is in the public domain, and each page names the exact entry:
- Oats: Cereals, oats, regular and quick, not fortified, dry (FDC 173904)
- Sabudana: Tapioca, pearl, dry (FDC 169717)
- Besan: Chickpea flour (besan) (FDC 174288)
- Kabuli chana: Chickpeas (garbanzo beans, bengal gram), mature seeds, raw (FDC 173756)
- Soya chunks: Soy flour, defatted (FDC 174275)
- Chia seeds: Seeds, chia seeds, dried (FDC 170554)
- Curd: Yogurt, plain, whole milk (FDC 171284)
Video
The kitchen clips are from Pexels and free to use under the Pexels licence. They were filmed by:
- Appsterboy (a roti on the gas stove)
- Md Amir (spices in hot oil)
- Sudheir (garam masala)
- Yan (a tray of Indian food)
- Deep (dal khichdi)
- Deep (a vegetable curry cooking)
- Global (lemon rice and curd)
- Hitesh (masala chai being poured)
- Ammad (a bowl of lentils)
- Abdul Wali (a paratha on the tawa)
- Deepa (a roti being rolled)
Food photos
These photos are from Unsplash, used under the Unsplash licence. Each food links to its photo, and each name to the photographer.
- Blackcurrants, by Anton
- Boiled egg yolk, by Faris Mohammed
- Cat fish, by Food PhotoGraphy Mumbai
- Chana dal, by Chandan Chaurasia
- Chicken, by Cristian Guillen
- Cho-cho-marrow, by Daniel Dan
- Coconut oil, by Towfiqu barbhuiya
- Coconut water, by Xiaoyu Li
- Country hen, by Towfiqu barbhuiya
- Cowpea (Lobia), by Jasmine Waheed
- Crab, by Mae Mu
- Drumstick (Saijan-ki-phalli), by Adrian Dale
- Field beans, tender (Sem), by Natalie L
- Freshwater Eel, by Natalia Gusakova
- Garden cress (Halim ka patta), by Mykhaylo Kopyt
- Green chillies, by Doğan Alpaslan DEMİR
- Horse gram (Kulthi), by Zoshua Colah
- Jowar, by Matheus Frazão
- Kala chana (whole Bengal gram), by Zoshua Colah
- Mustard seeds (Rai), by Jaspreet Kalsi
- Palm oil, by IKRAM ULLAH
- Paneer (Chhena), by Kanwardeep Kaur
- Radish (Muli), by he zhu
- Ragi, by Second Breakfast
- Sugarcane juice, by Kashish Lamba
- Suji (semolina), by Wolfgang Hasselmann
- Tapioca (Simla alu), by Daniel Dan
- Turkey, by Hayley Ryczek
- Wheat, vermicelli, roasted (Siwain), by Pierre Bamin
The rest are from Pexels, free to use under the Pexels licence. Each food links to its photo page, which names the photographer.
- Almond (Badam)
- Amaranth leaves (Chaulai)
- Amla (Indian gooseberry)
- Apple (Sev)
- Apricot, processed (Khoomani)
- Arbi leaves
- Atta (whole wheat flour)
- Avocado fruit (Makhanphal)
- Baby corn
- Bajra
- Banana (Kela)
- Banana flower
- Barley (Jau)
- Beet greens (Chukandhar sag)
- Beet root (Chukandar)
- Betel leaves (Pan ka patha)
- Bhindi (okra)
- Black pepper (Kali mirch)
- Boiled egg
- Brinjal (baingan)
- Broad beans (Bakla)
- Brown rice
- Brussels sprouts (Choote gobi)
- Button mushroom
- Cabbage (Bandh gobi)
- Capsicum (Shimla mirch)
- Cardamom (Elaychi)
- Carrot (Gajar)
- Cashew nut (Kaju)
- Cauliflower (Phul gobi)
- Cauliflower leaves (Phul gobi patta)
- Celery stalk (Ajmud)
- Cloves (Lavang)
- Colocasia (Arwi)
- Coriander leaves (Hara dhania)
- Coriander seeds (Dhania)
- Cow's milk
- Cucumber (Kheera)
- Cumin seeds (Jeera)
- Custard apple (Sharifa)
- Dalia (broken wheat)
- Dates (khajoor)
- Dried apricot (Khubani)
- Drumstick leaves (Saijan patta)
- Dry peas
- Dry red chillies
- Fenugreek seeds (Methi)
- Fig (Anjeer)
- Flax seeds (Alsi)
- French beans
- Fresh coconut
- Garlic (Lehsan)
- Ghee
- Gingelly seeds (Til)
- Ginger (Adrak)
- Grapes (Angoor)
- Green peas (Matar)
- Green tomato
- Guava (Amrud)
- Jack fruit (Kathal)
- Jaggery (Gud)
- Jamun (black plum)
- Karela (bitter gourd)
- Kohlrabi (Ganth gobhi)
- Lamb (sheep meat)
- Lauki (bottle gourd)
- Lemon juice (Nimbu)
- Lentil whole (Sabut masoor)
- Lettuce (Salad ka patta)
- Litchi (Lichi)
- Lotus root (Kamal kakdi)
- Mace (Javitri)
- Maida (refined wheat flour)
- Maize (dry corn)
- Mango (Aam)
- Mangosteen (Mangustan)
- Masoor dal
- Mint leaves (Pudina)
- Moong dal
- Mosambi (sweet lime)
- Musk melon (Kharbooja)
- Mutton (goat meat)
- Nutmeg (Jaiphal)
- Onion (Pyaz)
- Orange
- Pak Choi leaves
- Papaya (Papita)
- Parboiled rice
- Parsley
- Peach (Aroo)
- Peanuts (Moongphali)
- Pear (Nashpati)
- Pine seed (Chilgoza)
- Pineapple (Ananas)
- Pistachio nuts
- Plum (Alubokhara)
- Poha (rice flakes)
- Pomegranate (Anar)
- Poppy seeds (Postdana)
- Potato (Alu)
- Prawns
- Pumpkin (Kaddu)
- Quinoa
- Raisins (Kishmish)
- Rajma (kidney beans)
- Rambutan
- Raw banana (plantain)
- Raw egg
- Raw jackfruit
- Raw mango (Kachcha aam)
- Raw papaya (Kachcha papita)
- Red cherries (Gilas)
- Rice bran oil
- Ridge gourd (Torai)
- Rohu
- Sabut moong (whole green gram)
- Sapota (Chiku)
- Seviyan (vermicelli)
- Shiitake mushroom, fresh
- Snake gourd (Chachinda)
- Soursop (Shul-ram fal)
- Soya bean (Bhatmas)
- Spinach (Palak)
- Spring onion (Hara pyaz)
- Star fruit (Kazmal/Kamrakh)
- Strawberry
- Sunflower seeds (Surya mukhi)
- Sweet potato (Shakarkand)
- Tamarind leaves, tender (Imli patte)
- Tamarind pulp
- Tender maize (bhutta)
- Tiger prawns
- Tinda
- Tomato
- Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- Walnut (Akhrot)
- Water melon (Tarbuj)
- White rice
- Whole wheat
- Zizyphus (Ber)
- Zucchini
These are from Wikimedia Commons. Each food links to its file page; beside it are the photographer and the licence.
The copies on this site are resized for the web and otherwise unchanged, and are shared under the same licence.
- Ajwain (carom seeds), by Mon Œil, CC BY 2.0
- Amaranth seed (Ramdana), by Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka, CC BY 4.0
- Asafoetida (Hing), by Tricholome, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ash gourd (Petha), by Kpsudeep, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bael fruit (Bel), by Gayatree Tripathy, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Banana stem, by Sengai Podhuvan, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Besan (chickpea flour), by AlexanderVanLoon, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Catla (Bhakur), by Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chia seeds, by Jubair Bin Iqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cluster beans (Gaur-ki-phalli), by Surya Prakash.S.A., CC BY-SA 3.0
- Curd (Dahi), by Vivekdoshi11, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Curry leaves (Kadi patta), by Flocci Nivis, CC BY 4.0
- Dry coconut (copra), by Daiju Azuma, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fenugreek leaves (Methi sag), by Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gingelly oil, by Dr. Satish Upalkar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Green tuvar (fresh pigeon peas, Arhar ki fali), by Ganesh Dhamodkar, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Halim seeds, by Challiyan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kabuli chana (white chickpeas), by AlixSaz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Khoa, by Miansari66, public domain
- Kovai (Konduri), by SarKaLay, CC0
- Mustard oil, by Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0
- Oats (Jai), by Koefbac, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Parwar (Parwal), by Rocky Masum, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Radish leaves (Muli ka sag), by Salim Khandoker, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rice puffed (Muramure), by S172142230149, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Sabudana (sago pearls), by Fumikas Sagisavas, CC0
- Sabut urad (whole black gram), by Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Soya chunks (soy nuggets), by Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sunflower oil, by torange.biz, CC BY 4.0
- Toor dal (arhar dal), by BaluBFA12, CC0
- Urad dal, by BaluBFA12, CC0
- Yam (Zimikandha), by Mangosapiens, CC BY-SA 4.0
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