This is a compendium of tasty and balanced Ayurvedic recipes combined with information on the Ayurvedic principles of food and diet. It gives a comprehensive listing of foods categorized by suitability to body type as well as a chart listing the qualities of foods, along with a chart to determine your own constitution...and much more.
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 starsThe best!, Jan 17 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing (Paperback)
This Ayurvedic cookbook is well suited for the beginner as well as an experienced cook. There is an introduction to Ayurveda and dosha specific eating presented in the beginning of the book. This will help you receive full benefit of the receipies and suggestions given. However if you do not care about Ayurveda the book still provides you with some of the most interesting and tasy Indian receipies (of course all vegetarian) I have had. Mrs. Lad's easy to follow instructions and down to earth approach to Indian cooking makes for an easy and succesful outcome of the cooking adventure. Great book, definitely a must in any Indian-food lover's collection.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 starsWonderful ayurveda book but just average cookbook., Sep 28 2006
By PanchaSila - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing (Paperback)
I was excited to get this book. Read it attentively and tried two of the recipies. Kitchari for Vata and Spicy Vegetable Fried Rice. The explaination by Vasant Lad was good and detail. I like it very much. As for the recipies, they smells superb but are tasteless. I still recomend this book for those who like to learn to cook a ayurvedic balanced food. But if you are looking into cooking a delicious mouth watering meal. This is not the book. Still an excellent ayurvedic book.
40 of 47 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 starsGood, basic book, Mar 13 2003
By N.N. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing (Paperback)
This is a good, very basic intro to Ayurvedic cooking, but if you're looking for a book that gives a clear and precise program for tackling real health problems through Ayurvedic principles of nutrition, I would strongly recommend the cookbook put out by Ayurvedic educator, Maya Tiwari's center in Asheville, NC, instead.