Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy: 100 + Recipes for a Healthy You [Paperback]

Kumuda Reddy (Author), Janardhan, M.D. Reddy (Author), Bonita Pedersen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 19, 2005

The ancient Indian system of healing and medicine known as Ayurveda has proven effective in disease prevention and health creation for thousands of years. Ayurvedic medicine works by enlivening the body’s inner intelligence and enhancing the immunity of the individual. It treats the disease at the source rather than the symptoms alone, without adverse side effects or creating a new disease.

Popularized in the United States by Deepak Chopra and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Ayurveda has become well known and is used extensively throughout North America as a holistic alternative both to allopathic and to homeopathic medicine.

In this comprehensive guide to Ayurvedic cooking—complete with a set of delicious and easy-to-make recipes—physician and naturopath Dr. Kumuda Reddy shows you how to determine whether your body type is vata, pitta, or kapha, so that you can optimize your individual health through healthy and nutritious meals that suit your body type.

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About the Author

Kumuda Reddy, M.D., has been practicing medicine for twenty years. She completed her training at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. She is a former member and anesthesiologist at Albany Medical College. She and her family reside in Bethesda, Maryland. She is the author of a number of books on the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health including Forever Healthy: An Introduction to Maharishi Ayur-veda and For a Blissful Baby: Healthy and Happy Pregnancy with Maharishi Vedic Medicine. Along with writing and lecturing on the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health, Dr. Reddy writes children's books based on traditional stories of India.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Lantern Books (April 19, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590560671
• ISBN-13: 978-1590560679
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,133,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy: 100+Recipes for a Healthy you, March 22, 2007

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This review is from: Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy: 100 + Recipes for a Healthy You (Paperback)

The book is simple and easy to use. Almost all of the ingredients used in the recipes I found at my local fresh market. The recipes are quick to prepare. The book is an excellent start to the ayurvedic way of life.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A prize culinary collection, June 8, 2005

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This review is from: Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy: 100 + Recipes for a Healthy You (Paperback)

Curry is more than just a superb spice to enhance the flavor of dishes from the Indian subcontinent, it is also medicinal and utilizing the principles of Ayuverdic medicine (the traditional healing system of India), can help to bring the body's health into balance. In Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy: 100+ Recipes For A Healthy You, Kumunda Reddy draws upon her more than twenty years of practicing medicine to showcase recipes that are healthy, health-inducing, and palate pleasing. Ranging from Creamy Red Lentil Dal; Vegetable Pancakes; and Cooling Cucumber Soup; to Brussel Sprouts and Potato Curry; Apple Pear Chutney; and Fruit Salad with Blueberry Sauce, Ayurvedic Cooking Made Easy is a prize culinary collection that is additionally enhanced with a backgrounding in Ayurvedic medicine concepts, food guidelines, tips for beginners, and sources for more information including Maharishi Vedic Medicine, recommended readings, and other books by Dr. Kumuda Reddy.