Soups

© 1994, Excerpted with permission from Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing by Usha and Dr. Vasant Lad Serves 6 Yellow mung is sweet and cooling, and mainly calms vata and pitta. It is very easy to digest and promotes strength.The seasonings here help to balance the drying, light and astringent qualities of this soup that could …

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from Ayurveda Today, Volume 24, Number 2, Winter 2011 Serves 4 – 6 This warm winter soup is packed with flavor and easy to make. You can peel the sweet potato and squash, if desired. However, many nutrients are just under the skin of vegetables and the skin on both of these should be tender …

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from Ayurveda Today, Volume 8, Number 3, Winter 1995 Serves 4 – 6 Although this soup is tridoshic, the light and dry quality may stimulate vata, so vata should not eat it more than twice a week. The spice in this recipe make the lentils okay for pitta. Sautéing the garlic helps to get rid …

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from Ayurveda Today, Volume 23, Number 2, Fall 2010 Fall is a wonderful time of year to transform any in-season vegetable, such as cauliflower, into a rich, hearty soup. Cauliflower is digestion-friendly to pitta and kapha and, by the warm, smooth, and unctuous qualities of this soup, it becomes equally welcoming to vata during its …

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from Ayurveda Today, Volume 6, Number 4, Spring 1994 Corn soup is a good breakfast food. Corn Soup balances all three doshas, but its long term effect is drying for vata. So vata can eat occasionally and pitta in moderation. The cilantro helps remove some of the heat for pitta. Medicinal uses: This is a good …

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Serves 4 – 6 Although this soup is tridoshic, carrots can be a little heating to pitta as can the ginger. The cooling qualites of the coconut milk mitigate the heating qualities of the carrots and ginger. The sweet flavors of the sugar and crystalized ginger also help reduce the heat. Doshic Notes Vata – …

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