from Ayurveda Today, Volume 27, Number 2, Fall 2014 Serves 2 – 4 I picked a red cabbage this morning and it was so sweet and juicy I made a raw salad. This should be eaten at noon when the digestive fire is strongest. Doshic Notes Vata + – Pitta + – Kapha = Ingredients […]
from Ayurveda Today, Volume 1, Number 4, Spring 1989 Serves 4, generously Potatoes and cabbage can be a little drying for vata. Although the ghee, tumeric, and salt help mitigate this, vatas should still go easy on this dish. A warm, filling winter recipe. Doshic Notes Vata +- Pitta = Kapha = Ingredients 1 cabbage, […]
from Ayurveda Today, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 1989 Washing Rice Wash the rice twice and drain. To wash rice properly, put the measured rice in a saucepan and fill to the top with water. Stir and gently pour off the water until the rice starts to escape. Fill again with water and stir 2 […]
Excerpted with permission from Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing by Usha and Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. Serves 4 A great way to use the last of the summer vegetables from your garden. This subji has tridoshic energetics. It balances agni and is laxative. A good food for bones and joints. Doshic Notes Tridoshic Ingredients 4 cups […]
Serves 4 We tend to think of root vegetables as food for the autumn season. They are grounding and calming in the vata-provoking fall season. This simple recipe brings together two nutritious, sattvic foods that nourish and bring energy to the body. They can be enjoyed throughout the fall and winter seasons. Red beets are […]
Serves 4 as a side salad Dandelion greens are among the first leafy greens to arrive at spring markets. Thanks to their bitter nature, they are a quintessential spring vegetable to assist the liver in its cleansing from the rich, oily and heavy foods of winter. As enticing as the cleansing action may sound, for […]
Serves 4 Once the veggies are chopped, this dish comes together pretty quickly and is a bit of twist on delicious comfort food. Doshic Notes Vata – Pitta – Kapha – Preparation 4 cups cauliflower and potato, mixed 1 medium-sized tomato, chopped 1 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and diced fine 2 Tbs […]
A delicious, savory south Indian breakfast dish, upma is easy to prepare and can be used as a side dish for other meals as well. Roasting helps diminish the allergens, glutamine and other kapha qualities of the wheat. Kapha can eat this in moderation if they increase the mustard seeds and chili. Bear Mush® is […]
Serves 4 to 5 Poha is uncooked basmati rice that has been rolled thin in the same way that rolled oats are made. It cooks quickly and does not need water, other than what is absorbed in rinsing. Poha is easy to digest and quite balancing for tridosha. It is a good breakfast food or […]
Serves 6 Cooking with Saffron Saffron is sweet, astringent, and bitter to taste, heating with a sweet vipaka (post-digestive effect). It is balancing for all three doshas, easy to digest and helps food allergies. Medicinal Uses: Very effective for migraine-type headache. It can be effective in revitalizing the blood, circulation and the female reproductive system. Doshic Notes Vata […]
from Ayurveda Today, Volume 27, Number 2, Fall 2014 Serves 2 – 4 I picked a red cabbage this morning and it was so sweet and juicy I made a raw salad. This should be eaten at noon when the digestive fire is strongest. Doshic Notes Vata + – Pitta + – Kapha = Ingredients […] 
from Ayurveda Today, Volume 1, Number 4, Spring 1989 Serves 4, generously Potatoes and cabbage can be a little drying for vata. Although the ghee, tumeric, and salt help mitigate this, vatas should still go easy on this dish. A warm, filling winter recipe. Doshic Notes Vata +- Pitta = Kapha = Ingredients 1 cabbage, […] 
from Ayurveda Today, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 1989 Washing Rice Wash the rice twice and drain. To wash rice properly, put the measured rice in a saucepan and fill to the top with water. Stir and gently pour off the water until the rice starts to escape. Fill again with water and stir 2 […] 
Excerpted with permission from Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing by Usha and Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. Serves 4 A great way to use the last of the summer vegetables from your garden. This subji has tridoshic energetics. It balances agni and is laxative. A good food for bones and joints. Doshic Notes Tridoshic Ingredients 4 cups […] 
Serves 4 We tend to think of root vegetables as food for the autumn season. They are grounding and calming in the vata-provoking fall season. This simple recipe brings together two nutritious, sattvic foods that nourish and bring energy to the body. They can be enjoyed throughout the fall and winter seasons. Red beets are […] 
Serves 4 as a side salad Dandelion greens are among the first leafy greens to arrive at spring markets. Thanks to their bitter nature, they are a quintessential spring vegetable to assist the liver in its cleansing from the rich, oily and heavy foods of winter. As enticing as the cleansing action may sound, for […] 
Serves 4 Once the veggies are chopped, this dish comes together pretty quickly and is a bit of twist on delicious comfort food. Doshic Notes Vata – Pitta – Kapha – Preparation 4 cups cauliflower and potato, mixed 1 medium-sized tomato, chopped 1 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and diced fine 2 Tbs […] 
A delicious, savory south Indian breakfast dish, upma is easy to prepare and can be used as a side dish for other meals as well. Roasting helps diminish the allergens, glutamine and other kapha qualities of the wheat. Kapha can eat this in moderation if they increase the mustard seeds and chili. Bear Mush® is […] 
Serves 4 to 5 Poha is uncooked basmati rice that has been rolled thin in the same way that rolled oats are made. It cooks quickly and does not need water, other than what is absorbed in rinsing. Poha is easy to digest and quite balancing for tridosha. It is a good breakfast food or […] 
Serves 6 Cooking with Saffron Saffron is sweet, astringent, and bitter to taste, heating with a sweet vipaka (post-digestive effect). It is balancing for all three doshas, easy to digest and helps food allergies. Medicinal Uses: Very effective for migraine-type headache. It can be effective in revitalizing the blood, circulation and the female reproductive system. Doshic Notes Vata […] 