These baked beans can be comforting, warming and tasty. With the addition of iron and mineral rich jaggery (gur) or blackstrap molasses, they are a support for blood-building--especially helpful during recovery from anemia or blood loss. Both sweeteners contain absorbable non-heme iron and have been...
Whether you turn this into burgers or a loaf, either are delicious to eat alone, with a bun with condiments, broken up and added to spaghetti sauce or added to other dishes in creative ways. They are nice on a plate, with a side of...
This is predominantly sweet, and astringent with enough spice to help it digest well. Balanced for any doṣa, especially nice in the late fall, winter and early spring. I've never had chicken noodle soup but I remember my mother saying, after she became vegetarian, that...
Many, many recipes call for sautéing onions or garlic as a primary step in the recipe. If you have certain kinds (kapha, pitta or āma types) of heart disease, or high pitta or kapha, or it is springtime (a time that tends to increase kapha)...
The more complicated or stressful one’s physical or emotional life, or life in general, the more beneficial it is to have a simple diet. That’s something I’ve held as generally true for a long time. Change of seasons is a stressful time on the body....
This has been one of my favorite soups for decades. I've had this soup in both very remote and very populated spots in Russia, and in a fairly remote diner in Ukraine. I've had it made many different ways. I like them all. This might...
This simple dal is surprisingly tasty. It's quick. It's tridoṣic. It not only provides nourishment for the body, but, due to its spice combination, also benefits digestion. This makes it, like kitcheri, a food of choice for times of stress on the body, such as...
When I lived in India I was once served a dish that this one tries to approach. While I’ve always loved dill, I had never had had it as a cooked vegetable— I mean as a main ingredient cooked vegetable. The potatoes in the dish...
I think this is suitable for all doshas. The ghee, oil or butter, onions and ginger make the cold, somewhat hard to digest tofu easier for Vata to digest, the onions and spices help kapha digest it and the ghee and tofu provide counterpoint to...
This is one of my favorite hearty, sweet, hot drinks. It is grounding and earthy, like coffee, without the sharpness or stimulation. Raw cacao is not roasted, so not as sharp or quite as warming as roasted cacao. It feels nourishing and is delicious. I...
(As made by the incomparable Luz) This was one of the best gifts I brought back from Colombia many years ago. It is pretty tridoshically balanced. Just avoid it if kapha is ever really high. In that case you can make it with water instead of...
In Ayurveda, things that we ingest are divided into three categories: Poison Medicine Neutral Poison is defined as anything that hinders digestion. Medicine is considered to be anything that we ingest that aids the digestive process. Neutral is anything we ingest that gives support and nourishment...
In Ayurveda, ghee has long been used both to nourish tissues and cleanse the channels. It is widely used as the fat in dal or kitchari. It is considered both a food and, in the right context, medicine. It's role in detoxification is fascinating and explained...
In Chinese medicine we would say this soup would "awaken the Spleen" and, "ward off OPIs--that's "outside pernicious influences" or, er, germs) In Ayurveda we would have to say this soup is Kapha-pacifying, Vata-pacifying as long as it is not too spicy and would tend to...