Yogic Ahara
Yoga and Total Health|December 2020
Also known as Sakalpriy, Harimonth, Chanaka in Sanskrit and Cicer Arietinum in Latin, Chana or chickpeas are easily available and can be prepared in a variety of ways.
Minati Shah
Yogic Ahara

When fried after soaking, it bestows strength and improves taste. Dry frying (heating in a pan without oil) aggravates Vata and can cause skin diseases. When prepared as a soup, it is debilitating. Steam cooking mitigates Pitta and Kapha. Freshly harvested (green) Chana (Harbhara) are soft, tasty, mitigate Kapha and pitta and are easy to digest according to Bhavaprakash.

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