Daily menu ideas for Kapha dosha
A Kapha dosha diet will be based on light vegetable dishes, warm soups and bitter herbs.
Vegetables should make up at least half of the diet.
A third is Basmati rice and other light grains.
And a fifth will be given to legumes.
It is better to use fruits as a separate food, choosing astringent varieties and dried fruits.
For people of the Kapha type, it is enough to eat two or three times a day.
As a snack, you can drink warm tea with ginseng, ginger, chamomile or raspberry with a little honey.
Monday:
Breakfast – Barley and quinoa porridge with aromatic raisin and date chutney and half a teaspoon of ghee;
Lunch – Lentil soup with spices for Kapha dosha, rice pilaf, a small portion of salad of leafy vegetables;
Dinner – Buckwheat porridge with broccoli and carrots.
Tuesday:
Breakfast – Green buckwheat pancakes with honey;
Lunch – Beans from red beans, couscous with vegetables;
Dinner – Warm salad of beets and green beans.
Wednesday:
Breakfast – Millet meatballs with raisins;
Lunch – Cauliflower curry, Basmati rice;
Dinner – Broccoli puree and 2 chickpea falafels.
Thursday:
Breakfast – Warm rye toast with half a teaspoon of ghee and aromatic chutney of raisins and dates;
Lunch – Kitchari for Kapha dosha, salad with arugula and radishes;
Dinner – Creamy carrot soup with ginger and pumpkin seeds.
Friday:
Breakfast – Buckwheat porridge with coconut flakes and half a teaspoon of ghee
Lunch – Stuffed peppers with beans and quinoa, light cabbage soup with herbs
Dinner – Roasted vegetables to balance Kapha dosha
Saturday:
Breakfast – Portion of crumble with berries and tea to balance Kapha;
Lunch – Barley and white bean soup, vegetable meatballs with lentils and cauliflower puree ;
Dinner – Beet and carrot cream soup with half a teaspoon of ghee.
Sunday:
Breakfast – 2-3 balls of dried fruit with ginger tea;
Lunch – Kithari with tomatoes;
Dinner – Steamed broccoli with amaranth garnish.
Kapha type people have a well developed body and immune system. Of all the body types, they have the least need for heavy food.
On the contrary, a lighter diet will suit them. Since Kapha is a cold, heavy and wet dosha by nature, warm, light and dry foods will harmonize it.