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xli4.6.2 Practices in handling food before and after preparationAll the surveyed respondents were asked whether they wash pulses and vegetables thoroughlyin clean water before cooking, cover the pot with a lid while cooking and how they keep thefood after cooking. Table 4.31 provides such information. The main findings emerged outfrom the table are as follow:Table 4.31: Hygienic practices of mothers / caregivers in preparation and keeping food(Percentage)Intervention districts Control districtParticularsInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControlAWCsWashing pulses and vegetablesthoroughly in clean water beforecooking (n=) 828 844 924Always 95.2 97.5 99.2Sometimes 3.7 1.8 0.4Occasionally 1.1 0.6 0.2Rarely 0 0.1 0Never 0 0 0.1Covering the pot with a lid whilecookingAlways 94.7 94.3 93Sometimes 4.1 4.3 1.5Occasionally 1.2 1.4 5.4Never 0 0 0.1Way of keeping food after cookingCovered with lid 98.9 98.8 89.6Keep open till it is served 1.1 1.2 10.4• Washing pulses and vegetable thoroughly in clean water before cooking was almostuniversal in both intervention and control districts.• A vast majority of the respondents (93-94%) in both the intervention districts (90% inJanjgir and 99% in korba) and control district reported covering the pot always with a lidwhile cooking food.• Almost all the respondents in intervention districts (99%) and 90 percent in control districtalways cover the food with lid after cooking.52535455565758Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012