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 =Ingredients
2 cups (or about 3/4 pound) asparagus
1 Tbs. ghee
1 pinch black mustard seeds
1 pinch cumin seeds
1 pinch cayenne
1 pinch salt
Preparation
Wash the asparagus well and snap off the tough ends. Slice across the spears once, cutting them in half. Heat a shallow saucepan and put in the ghee, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and cayenne. Let the seeds pop then add the asparagus and salt. Sauté, stirring gently, for 4 to 5 minutes. Cover, take off the heat, and let the pan sit on the back of the stove for a few minutes.
Recipe excerpted with permission from Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing by Usha and Vasant Lad, B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc. Book is available here.
