A healthy cookie has less sticky, kapha provoking gluten, raw sugar, and spices to aid digestion. Post your own healthy cookie recipes on Joyful Belly.

Shrikhand is a delectable indulgence and, like ice cream, is kapha provoking and artery clogging. Yet, shrikhand has several important edges over ice cream:

First, yogurt is fermented and more easily digestible than heavy cream. Second, ice cream usually contains dairy mixed with eggs, a bad food combination. Third, shrikhand contains spices like saffron, cardamom and nutmeg that break up the mucous forming tendencies of dairy. Nevertheless, kapha beware! Not every dish in an Indian restaurant is Ayurvedic.

Churnas and chutneys are blends of spices, herbs and/or fruits that include all six Ayurvedic tastes: sweet, pungent, salty, astringent, sour & bitter. Incorporating all six tastes balances the body and satisfies the palette. Each taste has its own physiological and emotional effect.When all six tastes aren't present, we tend to feel unsatisfied after a meal. Quite literally, there is something missing. This often leads to overeating, instinctively knowing a part of us is still unsatisfied.

Saffron and cardamom make milk easier to digest. Caution for Kapha! Cutting sugar and ghee in half will somewhat minimize the heavy, gooey and oily quality. Otherwise, use the recipe for gold milk, adding honey after cooking and cooling the recipe.