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Watermelon Pomegranate Granita
Remember your childhood; summer is finally here! Watermelon is happy food. A big juicy, ripe watermelon brings summertime joy to any vacation day.
A granita is a grainy homemade sorbet. Watermelon Pomegranate Granita is one of our favorite healthy recipes. It is refreshingly sweet and cold for pitta. This recipe replaces the need for heavier desserts at picnics, barbecues and other backyard celebrations. Pomegranate mixes sour with the sweet, smoother than lemon.
ayurveda notes
Pitta's are going to love this recipe for its sweet, cooling and refreshing qualities. Pomegranate and watermelon both cool pitta in the blood. Additionally, watermelon provides abundant beta carotene, improving eyesight. The astringency of pomegranate also helps tone and cool a digestive tract inflamed by summer heat. While it is never Ayurvedic to eat frozen foods, we believe watermelon granita provides a good compromise to standard backyard bbq cakes and cookies.
Kapha people looking to trim up for the summer beach season can enjoy watermelon pomegranate granita guiltless-ly. Vata is especially vulnerable to dehydration in the summer and fall. They should be careful with consumption of too much watermelon as it is a diuretic. Married with the sweet of sugar and sour of the lime, Vatas may enjoy this recipe in moderation. Sweet taste stimulates digestive secretions and promotes water retention, directly counteracting the effect of watermelon. The sour taste of pomegranate and lime, by increasing saliva, quenches thirst and aids digestion, balancing the dryness of watermelon.
Apples with Lemon Zest & Honey
A simple, straightforward, healthy dessert.ayurveda notes
Apples and honey are astringent, lemon zest is bitter. Altogether vata provoking.
Cilantro Digestive with Cumin & Salt
ayurveda notes
A cooling digestive for pitta dosha.
Sweet Cucumber Milk
When Cheng Liu "Keshava" and I were studying ayurveda together it was the only drink that could cool our overworked minds and the desert heat of New Mexico. A perfect summer drink.ayurveda notes
Intensely cooling for pitta.