Question

What foods were included in the diet of the Vedic people?

Answer 1

sweet foods, mostly flavoured with honey. (madhu)
herbs from water (combining with the famous apsu me somo abraviid antar vishvaani bheshajaah), plants in land.
milk-added food /milky food,
barley strew
Cake of meal, puroLaasha / puroDaasha (origin of Paratha? :) )
Vegetables

Answer 2

The food included in the diet of the Vedic people comprised cereals like wheat, barley, vegetables, dairy products and meat of all kinds.

Explanation:

• The Rig Veda divided three main categories of food taken depending on the habit and occasion of the eater. These were :  

• ‘Saatvic Bhojan’ which comprised simple and fresh food cooked without spices, onions or any vegetables that have root in it. It conveyed good food and good thoughts.

• ‘Raajsic Bhojan’ comprised the gourmet. All kinds of well-cooked spicy cuisine were included comprising well cooked vegetables, meat(beef included), dairy products. It related to all those who live to eat and not eat to live.

• ‘Tasmic Bhojan’ was food for the gluttons. It included all kinds of food, vegatarian as well as non-vegetarian especially red meat and lots of alcoholic drinks. The food was meant to generate negative emotions, such as  sexual desires, anger, hatred and lust.