From Ayurveda Today, Volume 14, Number 1, Summer 2001 Serves 4 Asparagus is astringent, sweet, cooling and a diuretic. It is balancing, tridoshic and mildly laxative. Vata can add a little more cayenne, pitta more cumin seeds and kapha more mustard seeds. A quick summer recipe for veggie goodness. Doshic Notes Vata = Pitta = Kapha = […]
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 […]
© 1994, Excerpted with permission from Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing by Usha and Dr. Vasant Lad Serves 4 The Qualities of Daikon Radishes Radish is pungent and heating with a pungent vipak. It is digestive and relieves gas. Medicinal Uses: A good food for constipation, hemorrhoids, and heart conditions. Radish has a diuretic action and is […] 
From Ayurveda Today, Volume 14, Number 1, Summer 2001 Serves 4 Asparagus is astringent, sweet, cooling and a diuretic. It is balancing, tridoshic and mildly laxative. Vata can add a little more cayenne, pitta more cumin seeds and kapha more mustard seeds. A quick summer recipe for veggie goodness. Doshic Notes Vata = Pitta = Kapha = […] 
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 […]