Dosha benefits: Vata
Ingredients:
- Rice flour 1 cup
- Jaggery 1 cup
- 4 tbsp Coconut pieces
- Sesame seeds ½ tsp
- 1/2 cup black-eyed peas
- Pinch of Cardamom powder
- Plantain leaves few
- Water 2 cups
Recipe:
- Wash and soak the rice for couple of hours.
- Strain the water and spread to dry for 30 minutes.
- Grind to a fine powder in a mixer.
- Soak and then boil the black-eyed peas.
- Boil 2 cups of water and dissolve jaggery in it completely.
- Now add the boiled black-eyed peas, rice flour and keep stirring. Cook the paste until soft, dough-like consistency is formed. Take out the vessel from the flame.
- Add a pinch of cardamom powder to the mixture.
- Now take a small amount of the mixture prepared and place it over the small pieces (approximately 5-inch in diameter) of plantain leaf.
- Pat it lightly to spread evenly in round shape of approximately 4-inch diameter.
- Steam cook for ten minutes over medium flame with the plantain leaves.
Ayurveda Tip:
- Cardamom is a sweet spice, has a sweet aroma and is used in desserts. It is tridoshic and helps balancing all 3 doshas – Vata, Pitta & Kapha
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