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Potato & Cauliflower with Tomato & Cumin
Vijay Bhatt was my first introduction to Indian culture. We were both computer programmers at Fidelity Investments in Boston, MA but he was my boss and mentor. We used to take lunch together in Post Office square or at the Indian restaurant at the food court in Downtown Crossing. One day we ate aloo gobi (the Indian name for this dish) and he began to tell me about the vedas.ayurveda notes
Pitta provoking. Clears and dries kapha.
Spicy Pumpkin Chai
Pumpkins are soft and comforting. Like a steaming hot cup of liquid pumpkin pie, pumpkin chai is a perfect color for the fall season and changing leaves. Almonds provide a hearty base. The spices are warming. Inspired by "Pumpkin Seed Horchata", a recipe from Ysha Oakes, Ayurvedic Doula.ayurveda notes
Pumpkins are soft, build ojas and have beta-carotene useful for regeneration of tissues. As a cooling demulcent and laxative, pumpkin is restorative to the GI tract. Beta-carotene gives pumpkin an orange color and acts a tonic to the liver, purifying the blood. Pumpkins are a sedative and nutmeg acts as a nervine. Both reduce stress. Essential for healing, stress reduction allows the body to redirect energy to rebuilding tissues.
Pumpkin chai, with sugars, fats and proteins, is a nourishing rasayana for colder temperatures. Ghee permeates all tissues. Almonds build ojas. Spices make the heavy ingredients easier to digest.
Dates Stuffed with Ginger & Almonds
Experiment with stuffed dates. Dates are used to break the long day of fasting during Ramadan in Morocco. Ginger is a penetrating spice that creates heat (when dried). Stuffing the complex sugars of dates with crystallized ginger perfumes the dates and improves digestion. Almonds provides fats that round out and balance this recipe. Coconut may be substituted for almond.
Discovered by Joseph visiting chef Ali Essakari at Earthdance in the Berkshires, MA.
ayurveda notes
Dates and almonds build ojas. Ojas is heavy for digestion. Ginger helps kapha and deficient vata digest the density of ojas.
When Vata is high digestion is often too dry for dried fruits. In that case sip warm water. Everyone should chew well until the date expands and fills the mouth. According to Dr. Vasant Lad, "Drink your food, chew your water."
Cream of Asparagus Soup with Thyme & Mushrooms
Pureed with almonds, cream of asparagus soup is rich, creamy, and dreamy for the coming colder months. ayurveda notes
Mushrooms are tamasic and asparagus will effect the odor of the urine. Black pepper helps make the almonds more digestible.