To steal anyone’s thunder for any caveats against the Ayurvedic cuisine that the food tastes like curry, I would like to give some food for thought. This article is about the taste of the food, not about its health aspects or other uses. In Sanskrit, taste is called Rasa.
Does this type of cuisine really always taste the same? Let's examine the whole thing step by step. What is important in a healthy and full-fledged Ayurvedic cuisine when it comes to taste?
From the TV station phoenix: A woman defeats her cancer with Ayurvedic treatments. Professor Thomas Trutz, her physician from Paris, accompanies his patient to India and has extensive instruction in ayurvedic medicine and herbs. The basic principles of Ayurveda are explained here in a simple and understandable way. A very interesting documentation.
An extensive and very beautiful documentary film from the television station phoenix. The eye of the beholder is presented with many beautiful shots of India.
The movie is about the origins of Ayurveda, its botany and its current limits. Interesting is also its kinship with the Tibetan medicine, whose plants come from a completely untouched nature. Ayurveda became quickly obliterated during the colonial period and the advancement of Western medicine. Today, most search and research of ancient scripts is carried out systematically and scientifically as well as in close collaboration of both Eastern and Western medicine and pharmacology.
From the following quotation of a Sanskrit text, it becomes clear how immensely influential food is on our health. “It is by good nutrition alone that the human being thrives, while bad causes disease.”
Hermann Ammon (professor at the University of Tübingen, pharmacologist and medical doctor) adds: “The knowledge of the thousand-year-old plant treasures is more valuable than all the jewels of the Maharajahs, the once mighty rulers”.
This vegetarian-ayurvedic restaurant is 100% organic and freshly cooked in the quality of Demeter. Thus said, dishes aren’t warmed up. There is a daily dish consisting of salad, soup, main course, and dessert with drinks. It is worthwhile to inform yourself on the restaurant’s homepage and reserve a table, beforehand. The restaurant features a small shop with fine teas, exquisite books and much more. It offers catering, takeaway, cooking classes and events and has developed over the years to a meeting point for young and old. Look at https://www.mohini.ch/ and get a picture of it.
This is a short article from the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the general contexts of the ayurvedic diet.
Renowned and experienced Ayurveda doctors explain how easy ayurvedic diet can be used in a simple way. Furthermore, a literature recommendation can be found in the appendix of the article. „European Ayurvedic Cuisine“ with basic Ayurveda, a type determination test of Vata, Pitta, Kapha and of course fine recipes with organic, regional and seasonal ingredients.
A secret tip in Ladenburg, Germany! You can see the restaurant from a distance, but you won’t believe that there’s a real pearl hidden there. From the outside the restaurant looks as unspectacular as its direct environment. It’s not in the center of the city, but on a small shopping mile. Prejudices are quickly precipitated. But whoever visits the restaurant and its store, and then also something to eat and drink, will be convinced, completely. A restaurant of the finest class. There is also an extensive wine cellar and a deli. The best thing about this restaurant is that the food comes freshly cooked. You can wait a little longer for the food, but can enjoy a fine wine, meanwhile. The chef serves you personally and consults passionately on his fine selection of wines whether they are for to go or for to stay. You feel like both as at home and as in Italy.
Please check: www.labottega-ladenburg.de
Restaurant and Health Food Shop “Mercearia da Vila”
A small fine organic store and restaurant – a hideaway in the streets of Cascais, Portugal. It invites you to its oasis to relax from the hustle and bustle of the surrounding touristic streets. And besides, you can simply enjoy a refreshing fruit juice, coffee or tea, as well as wines, and the finest small dishes. Everything is served as organic food of high quality. Those who want to enjoy organic goods from the region the store offers oils, soaps, sardines, chocolate and much more. If you happen to be around Cascais give it a try. You’ll find it valuable. Its homepage: “www.mericanariadavila.com” is work in progress. On its Facebook page at “www.facebook.com/mvcascais” you can taste and inspire yourself. Moreover, you’ll meet with a very lovely staff.
Restaurant and Café “Café Galeria House of Wonders”
You can find it in the streets of Cascais, as well. The restaurant is as colorful as the fruits, vegetables and the drinks it serves. A pleasing color play for the playful eye. Help yourself and have a look. The kitchen is vegetarian / vegan, and will inspire every foodie. You will be served by a very nice and attentive staff. To chill, try to catch a table on the roof terrace. Pay a visit to their page on the Facebook at “facebook.com/houseofwonders”.
Ayurveda conquers the West: Why Swiss people currently traveling to India in masses to cure themselves – and where the strengths and weaknesses of the ancient Indian healing method lie.
The report from the publisher “Der schweizerische Beobachter (The Swiss Observer)” gives a good overview of the subject Ayurveda and Panchakarma treatments in Germany and abroad. This article also discusses the importance of the quality of the treatment and the seriousness of doctors, therapists, consultants and their corresponding education.
At the end of the report, there is a small glossary of ever-recurring and important ayurvidc (sanskrit) terms.
Please click here to read the report about “The Cure From India”
The oldest medicine of mankind: Ayurveda – Rheumatism and headache are successfully treated. The three constitutional types Vata, Pitta and Kapha are explained in a clear and comprehensible manner. A German pharmacologist is informed about medicinal plants and their active ingredients in India. In the Ayurveda-Academy in Birstein, the secrets of the healthy cuisine are shown and explained. My mouth is watering.