Re: Build a Sattvic Diet
Namaste TheOne
I am not sure what exactly you are looking for, but here is a one-pot meal recipe:
http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/sho...3&postcount=19
Whole food sources can be found on this thread.
Eliminating all rajasic tamasic elements from the food as much as possible: onions, garlic, mushrooms, (all non-vegetarian food of course) , if possible yeast, tea, coffee, chocolate, sodas, vinegar (and anything too sour), tree sap (dinka), chillies (anything too hot), too bitter or pungent - see BG verses chap 17.
Watch for gelatin in processed foods and skip the cheeses, they have rennet. Paneer is OK, and Indian stores at least, have sliced cheese with plant rennet.
Home made chapatis, tortilla, dosas (pancakes), rotis made of wheat, millet, corn, quinoa are good choices. Numerous eggless cake and bread recipes are available. Another quick energy food is cooked wheat bulgar for sweet breakfast (like oatmeal) or savory for lunch.
I suppose you have looked thru' the vegetarianism folder here. If you need ideas for cooking veggies, there is the Sattvic AhAr thread. It is not yet complete - the lentil and sprouted legume recipes are pending. There is a thread on sweets too - laddoos cakes and halvas.
Spiritual aspirants go even further to eliminate things like specific kinds of carrots, eggplant, radish etc. I can relate to this somewhat. There are days when i do not feel like eating anything with even a bit of spice, oil etc.
After a while you will be reluctant to eat the rajasic kind of foods. Very heavy protein beans can also be rajasic.
BG 17.8: Foods dear to those in the mode of goodness increase the duration of life, purify one's existence and give strength, health, happiness and satisfaction. Such foods are juicy, fatty, wholesome, and pleasing to the heart.
BG 17.9: Foods that are too bitter, too sour, salty, hot, pungent, dry and burning are dear to those in the mode of passion. Such foods cause distress, misery and disease.
BG 17.10: Food prepared more than three hours before being eaten, food that is tasteless, decomposed and putrid, and food consisting of remnants and untouchable things is dear to those in the mode of darkness. - the exception to the three hours rule is Bhagvad-prasAd and refrigeration.
praNAm
Last edited by smaranam; 14 March 2011 at 02:34 PM.
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