Stay fit with the right diet

In the summer, light dishes and lukewarm food were good for you and your rather low-burning Digestive fire Agni. Now, however, it's time to take in more energy and also to rekindle the digestive fire.

Vitamins help protect your immune system. Now, more freshly cooked, warm dishes can be on the table. Make sure you take time for yourself when eating your meals.

A small booster for your immune system is, for example, a cinnamon ginger tea. Cut a few pieces of ginger root and pour hot water over the ginger and a cinnamon stick. Both spices really fire up your Agni and have anti-inflammatory effects. You can drink ginger water throughout the day to strengthen your bioenergies.

Autumn soup for your Agni

In Ayurveda, we appreciate the diversity of the regional cuisine. Especially now in autumn, when it's harvest time, we can create wonderful dishes with a variety of fresh and healthy foods. A real classic in autumn is, of course, the soup. It provides us with fluids, warms us, and delivers many fibers and vitamins.

The Ayurvedic pumpkin cream soup is therefore a special treat. It is good for the Vata and Kapha doshas and a digestible meal on rainy autumn days.

Ingredients:

• 1 pumpkin

• 400 g carrots

• 1 leek

• 1 piece of ginger root

• 50 g ghee

• 800 ml vegetable broth

• 1 pinch of cinnamon

• 150 ml cream

• Salt

• Pepper

Preparation:

First, deseed the pumpkin and cut it into smaller cubes. Clean, wash, and peel carrots, leeks, and ginger. Then cut the leek into smaller rings, the carrots and ginger root can be cut a bit coarser.

Now heat the ghee in a pot or a deeper pan. Add the leeks, ginger roots, and carrots and fry everything well. Then add the pumpkin pieces, deglaze everything with the vegetable broth, and bring everything to a boil. The soup should then simmer for about 20 minutes at medium temperature.

Add a bit of cinnamon while it's simmering and season with salt or pepper to taste. Be careful not to over-season. You can also use a small pinch of the Vata spice mix that you can buy in our shop. Remove the soup from the stove, add the cream and blend everything to a smooth creamy consistency.