Ayurveda and Cooking

If you haven't read the Doshas page, I recommend you read it before this section.

Vata

The qualities of Vata to be light, dry, cold, and rough. Therefore, your diet should include foods that are liquid or unctuous to balance dryness, some "heavy" foods to balance the "light" quality, foods that are smooth in texture to offset roughness, and foods that are warm or hot to balance the cool nature of Vata. You may use the chart below as a guide in terms of foods you should choose and foods that you may want to stay away from. This is just a start. I recommmend that you look at Amadea Morningstar books. I highly recommend "Ayurvedic Cooking for Westerners" which I find to be the best book for our Western culture on cooking.

Pitta

The qualities of Pitta are hot, sharp, liquid, mobile, light, and oily. therefore, your diet should include foods that are "heavy" to balance the "light" quality, foods that are "cooling" in nature to offset the fiery nature of Pitta. You may use the chart below as a guide for you in terms of foods you should choose and foods that you may want to stay away from. This is just a start.

Kapha

The qualities of Kapha are oily, dense, cold, stable, smooth, heavy. Therefore your diet should include foods that are light to balance the "heavy" quality, warm or spicy foods to counter the "cold" and sweet nature of Kapha. You may use the chart below as a guide for you in terms of foods you should choose and foods that you may want to stay away from. This is just a start.

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