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Coconut Water & Lime
Refreshing like dew on a fern.ayurveda notes
Cooling. Limes make coconut water a bit lighter for digestion.
Kale & White Beans with Garlic & Red Pepper Flakes
This quick and flexible vegetarian recipe serves 1 to 10! Garlic and parmesan cheese provide savory flavors and balance the bitterness of Kale.ayurveda notes
Beans provide a source of protein. Vinegar, kale, and red pepper flakes all help in to digest the heaviness of beans. Although process food is contraindicated in Ayurveda, we find canned beans easier to digest.
Coconut Mint Chutney
Coconut mint chutney is an Indian classic and one of our favorites. Used as ubiquitously as our beloved ketchup, coconut mint chutney is a refreshing garnish on dosas (fried savory pancakes), curries, potato, chick peas and just about any dish. What Makes a Chutney a Chutney?
Chutneys are condiments. Chutney-like American condiments include relish, tartar sauce, barbecue sauce, and ketchup. Chutneys typically combine four or more of the six tastes, especially sweet, sour, salty, and pungent. Where Americans shy away from bitters, Indian chutneys are more likely to include them.ayurveda notes
Coconut mint chutney is a perfect example of how Ayurveda principles can be used to balance forbidden ingredients. Ayurveda creates balance through relationship. Ingredients can be paired against one another to offset their effects. That special, yet easy to acquire skill opens up a world of possibilities.
Here's how it works: Use the gunas. Mint is forbidden for Vata because it is drying and dispersing. Mustard seed is forbidden to Pitta because it is heating. Coconut is forbidden to Kapha because it is heavy. Mixed together, coconut mint chutney is a yummy 'tri-doshic' treat, healthy for all three doshas. Mint makes coconut light for Kapha. Mustard seed makes coconut warm for Vata and Kapha. And coconut anchors the uplifting qualities of mint and mustard seed for Pitta and Vata.
Ayurvedic specialists disagree on whether or not mint is heating. It depends on the variety. Either way, mint clears the stomach and useful for nausea due to heaviness (see Mint Belly Bliss).
Orange Juice with Rose Petals
Sun kissed, but cool, sweet, and perfumed with pink. Early morning before sunrise, I say a prayer and imagine the morning sky blending into orange juice and rose petal.ayurveda notes
Depending upon the amount and strength of the rose petals, this drink provokes pitta. Otherwise, rose petals cool pitta mind, heart, as well as small intestine. Slightly astringent, rose petal can help reduce the sting of citric acid.