Food security is a state of having a source of access to enough quantity of affordable and nutritious food. Food and food related practices stem from the social construction of gendered roles and responsibilities that assigns the liability of feeding the family to a feminine quality and responsibility. The gendered stereotype of women as primary nurturers, caregivers for children and family members is a notion deeply entrenched in the patriarchal ideologies of society. India being one such society, the onus of ‘providing’ for the family’s food needs is viewed as a woman’s liability. Family food security exists when all its members, always, have access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Social institutions such as ‘family’ and ‘religion’ have been the drivers for determining food related practices and food security in the family.