The cold winter weather and short days make us want to wrap up warm and become couch potatoes. This lack of exercise can cause the body's systems to stagnate. Join a yoga class, so on your way back from work you can stop in and become recharged and get that energy flowing. Eating warm cooked foods, drinking warm water or herb/spice teas like ginger or cinnamon can help improve circulation, digestion and elimination, keeping skin healthy and clear.
Now rendering plants are needed to eliminate the dangers of disease that would be present if this waste was just dumped. Rendering has been a trade having gone on for centuries in kitchens and shops for making candles, soap, Desi Ghee (clarified butter) and lard. It has become a worldwide, multi-billion-US Dollar industry.
In many cases, ghee is recommended in the diet. It is particularly useful for the Pitta constitution; it helps to digest and absorb food better and makes food tastier, although not everyone will agree. Its benefit lies in check here the fact that it stimulates AGNI without upsetting Pitta dosha. Also, Vata and even Kapha types benefit from ghee. Unless you have access to an Indian health food store that sells ghee, you will have to prepare it yourself, using the following recipe.
Depending on your doshric makeup (vata, pitta, or kapha), kicharee can be dressed up, dressed down and flavored for maximum benefits. It is the base upon which a tasty and nourishing meal is created.
Including some healthy fats in your daily diet can pacify the rough, dry nature of the Vata dosha, winter's dominant energy. In Ayurveda, ghee (clarified butter) is recommended to cook with. Olive oil is another excellent choice. Along with blanched, soaked almonds as they offer nutritional and structural support to our cells.
Fry the green chilies in the ginger-garlic paste and ghee for a minute. Add the nuts and powdered spices. Add the cilantro and fry for thirty seconds. Add the vegetables, frying them until the moisture evaporates.
As you can see, eating Indian is very healthy. That is the reason why Indians suffer from a lesser number of food-related diseases than Americans and Europeans. So eating Indian on a regular basis is going to do you good.