Ayurvedic Cooking Principles
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Ayurvedic cooking is based on balancing six tastes in every meal: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. Each taste affects the three doshas, or body types: Vata (air), Pitta (fire), and Kapha (earth). Ayurveda recommends eating according to your dominant dosha, the season, and your digestive capacity or agni. Key principles include eating fresh food, using healing spices like turmeric and cumin, and making lunch the largest meal when digestion is strongest.