Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Heart-Warming Arjuna Moon Milk with Rose Petal Jam Moon Milk is a soothing, delicious milk-based hot beverage that has its roots in the healing tradition of Ayurveda. It’s useful for deep relaxation and sound rest, and is often taken at bed-time to calm stress and anxiety. Adding medicinal ghee increases the effectiveness and potency of the herb, carrying it deeper into the body. Feel free to adjust the spices as desired. Servings: Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Heart-Warming Arjuna Moon Milk with Rose Petal Jam Moon M ..read more

Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Body-Boost Ashwagandha Moon Milk Moon Milk is a soothing, delicious milk-based hot beverage that has its roots in the healing tradition of Ayurveda. It’s useful for deep relaxation and sound rest, and is often taken at bed-time to calm stress and anxiety. In this recipe, we add Ashwagandha Ghee which is used in Ayurveda to support a healthy immune system. Feel free to adjust the spices as desired. Servings: Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Body-Boost Ashwagandha Moon Milk Moon Milk is a soothing, delicious milk-based hot ..read more

If your predominant Ayurveda dosha type is Vata, then you are naturally governed by motion, energy, air and ether. Vata-types such as yourself generally go by impulse and are quick and light on their feet. They’re mostly thin with dry skin and hair, and may feel quite cold, even in warmer weather. Since Vata types are prone to nervous conditions, worry and anxiety, constipation, gas, bloating and other intestinal problems, they must take good care to consciously relax and create balance, regularity and stability in their lives. Meditation, gentle exercise, calming massage, sunshine, warm food ..read more

Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Healing Carrot Ginger Soup with Ashwagandha Ghee This Ayurveda-inspired soup is simple, nourishing, warming and mighty delicious. We used a medium-large white carrot from a local farm for this soup, but any color carrots you have on hand will do. Feel free to use any herbal, spiced, cultured or original GHEE you choose. This recipe will serve 1-2 people. Servings: people Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Healing Carrot Ginger Soup with Ashwagandha Ghee This Ayurveda-inspired soup is simple, nourishing, warming and mighty ..read more

You can try but you won’t succeed! Just recently, I became aware of a question regarding the substitution of almond milk for cow’s milk in making Golden Milk, an ancient Ayurvedic beverage for comforting, nourishing and stabilizing the body. It’s a go-to beverage for millions of people around the world. Among numerous benefits, it’s treasured for its immune supporting properties, a good night’s sleep and general well-being. But what happens when we try to make golden milk with non-dairy alternatives? Quite simply, non-dairy “milk” made from nuts or oats, rice or beans, seeds and such simply ca ..read more

In India, whole ragi is traditionally used to make baby food. One of our customers graciously shared her recipe for ragi baby food, and we wanted to pass it on to you! The recipe uses sprouted ragi flour, which is easily made in 24 hours using this recipe: How to Sprout Ragi. Dry the sprouted ragi in the sun during the afternoon, and when it’s fully dry, grind to a fine powder. The following recipe is for 10 oz (300 mL) of purée, which was made for 7 month old twins. Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! Ragi Porridge for Baby Food Servings: ounces Votes: 0 Rating: 0 ..read more

Indian cooking is both delicious and medicinal. Much of it is based on the tradition of Ayurveda, an ancient Vedic system which uses the innate wisdom of nature to restore and maintain the health and balance of body, mind and spirit. The use of milk when properly prepared with certain spices, fruits and nuts, confers greater digestibility as well as specific health benefits. The liberal use of spices and nuts is no secret when it comes to great Indian cooking, and in particular, their use in the preparation of various milk-based beverages. Because milk contains both water and butterfat, it’s a ..read more

Photo Credit: Lee Carroll A few months ago, one of our customers who is a health practitioner made me aware of this amazing recipe using turmeric and other spices, by Lee Carroll, an internationally experienced medical herbalist, innovator and educator. Once I heard about this recipe, I contacted Lee, and he responded right away! Since then, we’ve communicated frequently, and I have really enjoyed becoming more familiar with his work. He is set to publish a book soon, which we will import from Australia and have available on our website. He has sooo many resources that I’m excited to share wit ..read more

  Amla Powder – Fine Ground – Dissolves Completely in Water Species: Emblica officinalis; syn. Phyllanthus emblica Other names: Indian gooseberry, emblic myrobalan, amalaki Appearance: The berries are greenish yellow with a fibrous inner texture. The powder is a rich brown color. Typically used: Powdered Origin: The amla tree holds a high significance in Hinduism and is considered to be sacred to the goddess Lakshimi, so many use organic amla powder spice for cooking, as well as in traditional Ayurdevic medicine in order to balance Pitta. The berries ripen o ..read more

It’s easy to encapsulate your own spices and supplements at home! Get the encapsulation machine used in this video: The post How to encapsulate at home appeared first on Pure Indian Foods Blog ..read more