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FOOD AT ISHA
Category: Food at Isha By sharmila

It's just that non-veggie food is not suited to our system. Just as carnivorous animals have
sharp teeth (incisors) to cut into the meat they also have short alimentary canals, so that the
meat can pass through quickly, since it putrefies quickly too. On the other hand, herbivores
have no such teeth, have an enzyme which acts on the carbohydrates in the mouth (that's why
raw rice begins to taste sweet when in the mouth itself) and have long alimentary canals.
Moreover, fruits pass through the system in an hour-and-a-half, raw veggies may take a little
longer but non-veg food stays in the system for almost two days. Also, (quite obviously)
cooked food lacks the goodness, vitamins, minerals and enzymes that raw vegetables have.
Now, it's up to you whether you choose to follow a strict vegetarian diet or not. What you can
certainly do is add to your diet some of the scrumptious raw-vegetable recipes from the Isha
Yoga Ashram. Do remember what Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says, "It's not essential to get
fanatical and avoid food groups, remember to eat alive food, chew well and eat with joy". 

Beetroot Salad 

Ingredients: Grated beetroot, soaked groundnuts, finely chopped capsicum, grated ginger,
coconut and lime juice. 

Method: 

Mix all ingredients well and season with salt, pepper, coriander and curry leaves. 

Carrot Salad 
Ingredients: Grated carrot, sprouted green gram, finely chopped capsicum, grated ginger,
coconut and lime juice. 

Method: Mix all ingredients well and season with salt, pepper, coriander and curry leaves. 

Cucumber salad 

Ingredients: finely chopped cucumber, capsicum, grated ginger, coconut and lime juice. 

Method: Mix all ingredients well, season with coriander, salt, pepper and curry leaves. 

Snake gourd salad 

Ingredients: Snake gourd (peel the skin and chop), chopped capsicum, grated ginger and
coconut, chopped tomato, lime juice. 

Method: Mix all ingredients well and season with salt, pepper, coriander and curry leaves. 

Sweet beaten rice 

Ingredients: Thin beaten rice, grated coconut, concentrated jaggery syrup, cardamom. 
Method: Mix all ingredients well. 

Curd Ashgourd 

Grated Ashgourd, ginger, curd and seasoned with salt, pepper, coriander and curry leaves. 

Vegetable juice 

Save the juice from the above grated vegetables. Mix together, add lime juice and sugar to
taste. Serve immediately (Do not keep juice standing) 

Extremely simple to make, these recipes are excitingly different and well-tailored to the
Indian palate, the touch of curry patta and coriander adds that zing which you will get
addicted to