Jiva Ayurveda Recipes - Garlic Ginger Sauce (Lahsoon adrakh ki chutney)
Ayurvedic Properties of Garlic Ginger Sauce:
Taste: Pungent (katu)
Quality: Heavy(guru), dry(ruksha), sharp (tikshna)
Potency: Hot (ushna)
Post-digestive effect: Pungent (katu)
Medicinal Properties of Garlic Ginger Sauce:
It has tremendous medicinal value, and is specifically good for increased kapha. As a result of this, it is beneficial for diseases like sinusitis, bronchitis, bronchial allergies, hay fever, and asthma. It is also beneficial for arthritis and gout patients.
Dosha analysis:
All the ingredients of this recipe are hot and pungent in nature. This helps pacify the Vata and Kapha doshas, but aggravates Pitta dosha. Therefore, persons with Pitta constitution can fry the recipe in one teaspoon of ghee (clarified butter) to reduce its hot potency.
Jiva Ayurveda Recipes - Garlic Ginger Sauce (Lahsoon adrakh ki chutney)
http://jiva.com/ayurveda/ayurveda/recipe-22.asp
Ingredients
- * Garlic 5 grams
* Ginger 5 grams
* Turmeric powder 5 grams
* Salt according to taste
Directions
* Peel off the garlic cloves and crush to make a fine paste.
* Peel the ginger and crush to make a fine paste.
* Mix the garlic and ginger pastes.
* Add the turmeric powder and salt. Mix again. The recipe is ready to use.
Use as a sauce with snacks, bread, chappati, or at lunch and dinner. If you do not eat garlic, you can use fresh mint leaves as a substitute, in the same quantity.
Information
- Category
- Condiments/Sauces, Chutneys
