John Myers
Ayurvedic Potatoes
The perfect ayurvedic potatoes recipe with a picture and simple step-by-step instructions.
- 2 kg Waxy potatoes
- 5 el Coarse salt (for cooking)
- 2 tbsp Turmerik turmeric spice
- 2 El Whole cumin
- 4 El Black mustard kernels
- 0,5 piece Grated nutmeg
- 1 El Black pepper
- 2 El Salt
- 5 tbsp Ghee (butter fat)
- 1 bunch Finely chopped coriander
- Boil the potatoes in well-salted water, peel and dice after cooling.
- Peel the onion and chop it up.
- Melt the fat in a pan and roast all the spices (without salt). Add the onions and let them brown lightly (be careful not to allow the spice mixture to burn, otherwise it will be bitter).
- Add potatoes. Let it “steep” in the oven at 140 degrees for another 20 minutes. Or fry for 10 minutes at 250 degrees.
- Meanwhile, fry mustard seeds also called poppyseeds in plenty of clarified butter. Attention, the guys deserve their name, they act like popcorn. So put the lid on.
- Spread the popyseeeds and chopped coriander on the potatoes. finished. However, some people don’t think fresh coriander is a herb, but rather an impertinence. In this case you can also serve the potatoes “with without” 🙂
- For those who want to know what is in there, where, why and where to get it: on every major Asian spice market or Indian shop. and Ayurveda: The right combination of foods is very important in Ayurveda! Foods with different properties and flavors eaten at the same time have an impact on “agni”, our digestive fire. If the foods do not “go together”, they weaken “agni”. You get sick, not right away, but according to Ayurveda, for sure. How and why foods go together is the basis of Vedic life and Ayurvedic cooking. It is an extensive science, but there are a few basic tips: No sour milk products should be eaten with nightshade plants, for example potatoes. (Yogurt / sauces) etc. AND potatoes are NOT a side dish! but a vegetable dish that is eaten with various breads (dosa, chapatis, etc.) or rice. Spices are not only ingredients for taste reasons, they also help the dish to digest and strengthen the body in the same way: Turmeric (turmeric) stimulates the production of bile – thus supporting fat digestion. it is also a very good, natural antibiotic with a blood-cleaning effect. Especially people with too much Pitta *…. Coriander is particularly good for digestive problems caused by too much Pitta *. Cumin also great for Pitta disorders *! these are: over-acidity in the body, liver / fat digestion problems and generally poor digestion. Black pepper, stimulates digestion, “burns” ama and cleanses the gastrointestinal tract. Nutmeg is one of the best spices to calm your nerves and mind. The recipe could bring more friends and enjoyment to critical spirits :))) In addition, nutmeg should have a mind-expanding effect … 🙂
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