Pre-Winter season (15 November to 15 January) is the best season to gain health. In winter season digestive fire is high and it helps in any kind of food digestion.
Grains :Rice & Wheat, Corn, Jowar chapati can be consumed in this season. Use ghee to consume rice or chapati.
Pulses (Daal) :All kinds of daal should be consumed. Moong dal & urad dal is best to consume in this season. Use ghee tarka in daal to make it smooth.
Vegetables :Cauliflower, Cabbage, Bottlegourd, Bhindi, Kumbhara, Jhinga, Parwal, Spinach, Green Leafy vegetable, Red leafy vegetables. Potato, Arbi, carrot, Ginger, Beatroot, Raw ginger, Onion, Garlic can be consumed.
Milk Products: Paneer, curd, Rabri, Kheer(payas), makkhan, milk with turmeric or sunth powder can be consumed. Curd shouldn't be consumed alone, have it along with moong, honey, Jaggery, ginger powder, salt.
Fruits :All dry fruits, seasonal fruits & amla with jaggery should be consumed.
Spices :Garam masala and all other spices can be used.
Drink :All kinds of soup, hot water should be taken after food. Sugarcane juice.
Tea :Ginger tea along with milk or without milk both can be consumed in this season. Ginger & masala tea along with milk or without milk both can be consumed. Ginger, cinnamon, tulsi , turmeric tea is also good.
.All fried items like pakoda can be consumed.
.Non veg can be consumed once in a week. Fish and eggs can be consumed twice in a week.
.Spend sometime in sunlight.It will warm your body from inside.
.Oil massage with mustard or sesame oil must be done in this season before bath. It reduces dryness and Kapha from body.
Exercise :In this season our body strength is very good. We must do exercise in winter season. To boost the immunity take brahmarasayan or chawanprash 1 spoon with milk or without milk in the morning.