Nidana Heights - Agriculture - Crops and Aroma of Nidana

Note: In order to make it an easy understanding of local phrases and words, "writing Hindi in English style" is used wherever found necessary.

Crops of the Village:

Agriculture is mainly done by Jats and Brahmins with support of Harijan peasantry classes.


Cotton	Mustard	Wheat	Sugarcane	Rice

Grains/Cereals/Fibre/Fodder	Fruits/Gardens	Vegetables	Flowers
Khreef: sown in monsoon and harvested in winter Grains: Rice, Sorghum (Jawar), Millet, Maize (Makka), Cereal: Moong, Moong bean (hara chana), Tur (Arhar), Black gram (Udad), Moth, chana, Fibre: Cotton Oil: Sunflower, Sesame (Til) Fodder: Jwaar-Gwaar Rabi: sown in autumn and harvested in summer Grain: Wheat, Fenugreek, Barley (Jon) Cereal: Gram, Lobia, Peas (Matar) Oil: Mustard, Todia Fodder: Sarsam-Barsam Year Long: Sugarcane	Mango, Banana, Berries, Plum, Guava, Mullberry, Sycamore, Honey, Watermelon, Sweet potatoes, Palpotal, Papaya, Lahsode, Nimboli, Jangli- jalebi	Salads: Carrot, Radish, Beets, Onion, Cabbage, Tomato General: Potato, Cauliflower Ghiya, Pumpkin, Tinda, Brinjal, Petha, Shamkiya, Lahsode Green: Zucchini, Ladyfinger, Spinach, Fenugreek, Bathua, Kundra, Madkan, Gaandal, Peas, Beans Spices: Coriander, Garlic	Sunflower, Mustard, Marigold, Jasmine, Rose

Aroma of the Village:

All about eatables, dishes and taste of village.


Choorma	Green Vegetables	Lassi	Pickle	Khoya Laddoo

Category	Aroma
Sauces	Kachri, methi, aaloo, singra ki , hari mirch, matar ki, chholiye ki, red-chili, onion-tomato, methi-Ginger, Potato-Lassi , Green Coriander, present: imli-tamatar, nariyal ki
Haryanvi Desserts	Laddoo (Khoya, Moong, Til, Belgiri), Goond, Ksaar, Choorma, Barfi, Pede, Tilkutaa, Boora, Khaand, Gulgule-Suhaali, Maal Pooda, Pooda, Ghee-Boora, Jerry, Ghee-Shakkar, Kheer, Khoya-kheer, Panjeeri, halwa, sukha halwa, jalebi, samkiya kheer, meethe chawal Present: jalebi, gajjak, paneer ke laddoo, nariyal ke laaddo, aata ke ladoo, kheer-matar ki kheer, samkiye ki kheer, chawal ki, panir ki kheer, aaloo ka halwa, baadaam ka halwa, besan ka halwa,
Milk	Paneer, cheese, jalebi, barfi, khoye ke laddoo, paneer ke laddoo, Milk, Butter, Curd, Ghee, Cheese, Semi-churned Lassi, Lassi, Gojji, Raayta (Carrot, loki, Pumpkin, Radish, Bathua, Boondi), paneer ke paranthe, chawala ki kheer, rasgulle, maave ki barfi
Namkeen	Pakode (Pyaaj, Aloo, Gobhi, Paneer, Baingan, matar), Bhujiya, bread pakoda, maththi, matar, daliya, khichdi, namkeen chilla, paranthe, pakode, geeya kofte, kadi-kofte
Grains	Rice (Simple, Salted, Sweet), Roti (Wheat, Millet, Gram), Khichdi (Moong-chawal, Chana-Bajra), Gehu ka daliya, namkeen chane-baakli, daliya, halwa, paranthe, poore, poori, til ke ladoo, samkiya Present: chhole-bhatoore, samose, jalebi, bread, paranthe, poori aate ke laddoo
Hara Saag	Bathua, Kundra, Paalak, Gaandal, Methi, Moong ki fali, mooli leaves ki bhujji
Pickle	Past: Mango, hari-laal Chili, Citron, Teend, Present: Carrot, gobhi, lahsun, khatta-meetha nimbu, kamal-kakdi, teend,
Cereals	Past: moong, chane, udad, moth, Present: rajma, chhole, soyabeen, Lobia, Arhar, Moong, Udad, Chana, chana daal, moth, peeli daal, daal makhni,
Spices	Past: red-green chilli (hari-laal mirch), kachri, dried fenugreek (sookhi methi), Parsley (ajwayan), Coriander (dhaniya), Salt (namak), Cumin (jeera), Turmeric (haldi), Garlic Present: Past plus boondi raayta, Hot Spices (garam mashala), chana-chhole-masala, aamchoor powder, baking powder, Black pepper, Jal-jeera
Daadi-maa ke Gharelu Nuskhe
Deshi-Tonics	Haldi ka doodh, kaada (doodh-khaand-chhuwaare-long), deshi faaki, mom-haldi-sasro ke tel ke mixture ka lep, neem ki papdi ka lep, goolar ka fal, haldi-tel mixture, sarson ke diye pe palte se kaajal banana, long ka ras for jaad, pet mein dard ke ajwayaan-namak mixture kahan, doodh-ghee-haldi peena, jhukaam: chhuwaare-long-ilaychi-kaali mirch-adrak-tulsi daal ke pilana, khaansi: shahad-kaali mirch