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When I first discovered daal, I ate it every meal for a week in a row. Then I was so sick of daal I didn't eat it again for several months. Now we have a more stable relationship and I enjoy daal once a week.
Kitchari is Ayurveda's perfect food, indicated in times of recovery as well as cleansing. Kitchari can even be the centerpiece of a mono-diet or fast, as it is a simple food that supplements the healing process. As with Grandma's chicken soup, there...
Lemon & Spice Weight Loss Tea combines peppy cayenne and zesty lemon with gusto and verve. When celebrations with heavy foods and desserts leave you groggy and tired the next morning, Lemon & Spice addes a sparkle to the eye and an enthusiastic boost.
Cumin, Coriander, & Fennel tea (CCF tea) is one of the simplest and most famous Ayurvedic home formulas for detoxification, weight loss, and the burning up of excess water retention. This revitalizing yet mild blend gets right to the point by...
Bright and colorful, Ginger Dal adds a festive highlight to any meal. With its spices, Ginger Dal warms your body from core to limbs. This savory, heartwarming Indian favorite is belly filling. It provides comfort and calm as it satisfies a big...
Experiment with bitter sweet parsnips and soft root vegetables. Inspireded by Grover Stock of Iowa (founder of https://sustainablelivingcoalition.org).
This colorful fuchsia soup will have you asking, Is this really just a wintertime food? Beet soup has brightened the cold days for countless generations in Central Europe eastward. Originally from Ukraine, this hearty soup made of beet broth has as...
Spicy, sweet and sour Coconut Turmeric Sambar is a spring soup warms your belly on the coldest day. Awaken your senses as you journey to beautiful South India, a landscape palm trees, endless blue skies, and scents of spices greeting your nose. Sambar...
Ginger, lemon, and honey tea is a remedy for colds and sinus infection. Lemon, like all sours, is a secretagogue which encourages liquidation of mucus and a protective coating of fluids on an otherwise irritated lung and throat. Honey aids...
Warm, pungent and Middle Eastern, tahini might as well be the liquid sands of the sahara. Creamy tahini salad dressing tastes great as a garnish for any leafy greens. This versatile sauce also works well atop vegetables.
Earthy, crunchy asparagus brightens your plate with its declaration of springtime. Drizzled mustard sauce awakens you with its spicy attitude. Aromatic and earthy, tarragon adds a layer of rustic complexity to entice the palate. What a dish for...
This warm and drying tea blend is a perfect lung tonic on cold, damp winter days.
Anise, cinnamon, and chipotle chili add a warm, smoky feel, perfuming the beans, while black strap molasses adds a sweet, rich sauciness. We discovered this recipe while cooking over a campfire in northern New Mexico. A bowlful of this warming dish has...
Sweet, spicy, and piping hot, a Virgin Hot Toddy warms up your belly and brings a smile to your face on a cool, soggy day. Modeled after the classic hot toddy, the Virgin Hot Toddy uses lemon and orange and leaves the bourbon on the shelf. Whether you...
Here is how each ingredient works in this formula: 4 Parts Raw Coconut Shavings - Kills parasites in the stomach. 1.5 Parts Raw Garlic - Helps to remove parasites (antimicrobial and antifungal). 2 Parts Pumpkin Seeds - Helps to expel parasites...
With literally hundreds of greens to choose from, why limit your pesto to basil? This parsley based pesto is a favorite south of the border, where it's known as chimichurri. I serve it atop Eggs Scrambled in Cumin and Corn. Cilantro & mint based pestos...
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...
Just a few sips of this hot and spicy fire cider will make you feel like you've been out in the searing sun. On even the coldest and dampest days of the year, it will warm up your system like a roaring hot fire. For those days where you just can't seem...
This easy to make garlic recipe is an excellent spring cleanse. Garlic pickle is an ideal tonic for January, February, and early spring. Our ancestors survived on pickles and preserves as supplies dwindled into late winter. The sourness of vinegar...
A tart, onion sautee with greens.
Spice up your life with an Ayurvedic spice blend. Spices not only add flavor and balance to your meal, but act as digestive aids as well. Spices have many medicinal properties, as illustrated by the saying, "Let your food be your medicine and let your...
Beets pickled in vinegar are an excellent way to cleanse your body from January to March.
A lassi is simply yogurt and water usually blended with some spices. Warm cumin mixes with sour and salt for an excellent after dinner digestive. This lassi is specific for Vata dosha. Search on yogurt for Pitta and Kapha pacifying lassis.
Red onion brings a purple hue to white and green. A fresh, lively, light summer snack.
This bright, sour, spicy pickle will revive sweet-logged taste buds. After a long winter of comfort food, notice how the aromatic ingredients clear the airways while...
Cloves, cardamom and sugar make a great holiday sprinkle on morning toast.
The bitter principle reduces blood sugar while spices invigorate circulation. All ingredients are antimicrobial.
Refreshing and icy with antimicrobial refrigerants. Use in PK conditions and infection such as UTI.
Few fresh ingredients pack the potency of raw garlic. Just a dollop of this creamy toum is enough to enliven the senses, stimulate the blood and encourage digestion. As it hits your tongue, garlic can immediately be felt filling the airways. Notice how...
This decongesting salsa is especially formulated to dislodge mucus and revitalize. Pineapple is mucolytic. The sourness of pineapple and vinegar liquefy mucus. Chili, Rosemary, Garlic, Onion, and Daikon open up the chest, dilate blood vessels, and...
The warm, opening spices, together with the sedating qualities of pumpkin make this recipe a "stimulating relaxant." It improves focus while reducing feelings of overwhelm or jitteriness. The rough and pungent arugula and radish heats the upper...
As winter lays its heavy, cold darkness upon us like a blanket of snow, we seek to find warmth and comfort around the hearth fires of our ovens and with the ones we cherish and love. Shiitake, Tarragon, and Thyme With Cashew Cream Sauce satisfies...
This spicy circulatory stimulant invigorates the blood. Turmeric thins the blood and opens vessels. Horseradishes pungency stimulates the heart. Lemon aids in relaxing of vessels. Altogether, this improves peripheral circulation, warms the chest, and...
Founder of Joyful Belly Ayurveda, John Immel, answers the question ‘What is Ayurveda?’
