The Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook. Amrita Sondhi

      

      The Modern Ayurvedic

      COOK BOOK

      The Modern Ayurvedic

      COOK BOOK

      Healthful, Healing Recipes for Life Amrita Sondhi

      ARSENAL

      PULP PRESS

      VANCOUVER

      THE MODERN AYURVEDIC COOKBOOK

      Copyright © 2006 by Amrita Sondhi

      Fourth printing: 2010

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      YOGA PHOTOGRAPHY by Darren Alexander; CLOTHING courtesy of Movement (movementglobal.com); MODELS are James Nicholson (Pitta body type); Janet Wallden (Kapha body type), and Sonoka Ehara (Vata body type)

      Printed and bound in Korea on wood-free paper

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Sondhi, Amrita, 1959–

      The modern Ayurvedic cookbook : healthful, healing recipes for life / Amrita Sondhi.

      Includes index.

      ISBN 978-1-55152-286-9

      1. Vegetarian cookery. 2. Medicine, Ayurvedic. I. Title.

      TX837.S66 2006 641.5’636 C2006-903961-5

      Dedication

      I dedicate this book to all my invaluable comrades, students, and teachers, the "fringe dwellers" who keep pushing the edge on the "new normal" by practicing and regenerating the ancient healing arts; to those who pursue and create breakthroughs in health by being shining, living examples of vitality; and to the community of yogis and yoginis - locally and globally - who keep connecting to the source and transmitting the light.

      Table of Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       What are Doshas?

       Dosha Questionnaire

       The Six Essential Tastes of Ayurveda

       Getting Started: Tips and Basic Recipes

       What the Symbols Mean

       Breakfast

       Appetizers & Snacks

       Salads

       Soups

       Entrées

       Breads and Grains

       Desserts

       Condiments

       Beverages

       Appendix

       Seasons of the Year

       Menu Plans

       Cleanses

       Yoga Poses for the Doshas

       Alternate Ayurvedic Therpies

       Food Guidelines for Basic Constitutional Types

       Index

Acknowledgments

      I would like to thank my parents, family (all of you!), and friends who have always stood by me as I have gone off the beaten path. Joan and Nevenka, thanks for being shining examples of practicing what you preach, and having fun while doing it! Sandra Sammartino, thanks for synthesizing all your yoga knowledge, for being an invaluable teacher who appeared at the perfect time in my life, and for showing me how to transmit from my spirit, connect to the source, reconnect to my body, and how to pass on that learning. I would like to thank all who have hosted or helped me with cooking classes and fundraisers for the Pamoja Foundation. And to the residents of Bowen Island, among others, who constantly encouraged me to write this book and share my knowledge of Ayurveda, and who helped test recipes. Finally, I would like to express my deep gratitude for the wonderful team at Arsenal Pulp Press who worked tirelessly to help make this book a reality.

Introduction

      Originating in India more than 5,000 years ago, Ayurveda is the oldest system of healing. The name derives from two root words in Sanskrit (the ancient Indian language): Ayus, which means life, and Veda, which means knowledge or science; therefore in English, Ayurveda