Top 10 Foods You Would Love To Enjoy In Monsoon

After entire three months of scorching heat, monsoon becomes an elixir to survive in this extreme globally warmed planet.

Cool rain drops and chilling breeze feels like paradise on earth. Everyone loves monsoon as it’s the season of relaxation, love and fun. Being cozy and seeking for some warmth this soggy season is completely excusable. Lying on your couch with a blanket on top along with a cup of hot coffee is what monsoon is. But there’s something more enjoyable and delectable about monsoon and that is “food”. Warm food of different flavours with lip smacking taste is what everyone longs for in this damp season.

However, rainy season is a very critical season as it makes you desire for delicious foods outside your home but can be very harmful for your health. Street foods in monsoon such as fast food, pav bhaji, vada pav, chaat, paani puri can be real infectious regarding your health making you sick for several days. Viral fever, diarrhoea, jaundice, dysentery are some common health risks this season from which you need to be careful.

Now let’s have a brief look on best foods your taste buds can enjoy in monsoon without harming your precious health.

1. Tea/ Kadak Chai

When it’s monsoon nothing can be better than a cup of hot tea that we Indians call kadak masaaledaar chai that comprises of ginger, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper. Cup of hot tea enjoying the rainy drizzles sitting beside your window or sitting in your balcony is commendable and super peaceful. Well, all Indians gonna give a sure thumbs up for it! Isn’t it?

2. Pakoras

No cup of hot tea can be complete without a full plate of hot pakoras and bhajias specially onion bhajia and green chilli pakoras. Well, keeping our health on the crest, pakoras or bhajia can easily be prepared at home which is completely hygiene and healthy. Homemade pakoras are the best food option to enjoy in every monsoon. Hands up pakora lovers!

3. Kachorias

Personally, I love kachoris in monsoon. No worries, if you’re a health concerned person because kachoris are not that tough to be prepared at home. All you need is a little homework before you go for deep frying your super lip smacking kachoris. Loads of recipes for delicious kachories are easily available on web to help you anytime.

4. Samosa

Well the relationship between every Indian and a samosa is completely unexplainable. No Indian can deny that samosa is not their favourite snack when monsoon is on. Be it aloo ke samose or paneer ke samose, every person of this multi religion country loves samosa from the bottom of their heart. No no! Not at all, if you’re thinking I’m talking about street deep fried snacks because everyone knows how to prepare hot and steamy super delicious samosas easily and instantly at home.

5. Hot soup

Instead of eating all those street side foods those are really loaded with numerous bacterias and viruses, you can easily make yourself a bowl of healthy veggie soup or any soup you love to sip on. Corn soup, tomato soup or instant soup makers available in stores can be your favourite food to enjoy in monsoon.

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6. Hot noodles

When it’s monsoon, kids and children are always hungry and to satisfy their tiny cute hunger pangs mothers take too much of worries. Isn’t it? Street noodles can be really unhygienic but preparing hot noodles with soup can be super easy and delicious for every kid at home.

7. Hot corn/Bhutta

A very traditional monsoon food available both on streets and homes! Since we are here to keep a close check on our health, preparing hot corn or bhutta at home is not a back breaking task for any Indian especially who are monsoon lovers. Spicy hot corn with a single lemon squeeze on it is completely finger smacking.

8. Idli Sambar

Heavy rain outside and some steamy food inside could be a best food option to enjoy in every monsoon. Idli and sambar with warm rising steam out of it is a hygienic monsoon food every Indian can prepare at home to enjoy completely with entire family.

9. Hot chocolate

Taking care of everyone out there, here is another monsoon food for those who are not in favour of having tea or coffee. They can replace their cup of hot coffee or tea with hot chocolate to enjoy the cool breeze of monsoon. Well, hot chocolate can be enjoyed by kids too who get small hunger pangs every now and then.

10. Aloo ke Parathe/Stuffed Chapati

My favourite! Nothing can beat hot and steamy aloo ke parathe prepared at home of course. Those who have diabetic issues, they can try stuffed chapattis such as gobi ke parathe, muli ke parathe or methi ke parathe which are simply mouth watering.