Ground from Cinnabar vermilion
Pathya Āhāra · The Kitchen Table
Fifteen dishes, arranged not by course but by what they undo. Like increases like, and opposites reduce — so the only question worth asking of a plate is which quality it argues with.
To pacify Vāta
Warm, moist, grounding — the opposite of everything Vāta is.
To pacify Pitta
Cooling, sweet and bitter — heat drawn downward and out.
To pacify Kapha
Light, dry and warming — weight and damp lifted off.
Cooked from the Pathya Āhāra of the classical texts