This simple Cardamom Apple Rice Pudding is the perfect cozy dessert for the autumn season. Its subtle sweetness and fragrant spices are also very balancing for Vata types, which tend to get stiff, anxious, and bloated during the autumn months. The spices help to ignite a “cold, stagnant” Vata digestion, while the rice helps to ground a “mobile, airy” Vata body and mind.
This Ayurvedic dessert is vegan, gluten free, refined-sugar free, and easy to make. Its warm soft consistency makes it easier to digest than many frozen, cold vegan desserts, which can cause many imbalances in digestion. Pitta types can also enjoy this pudding if you take out the nutmeg and cardamom and replace with a pinch of fennel seed powder. I hope you give this delicious recipe a try!
Recipes like this can help if you want to:
- Enhance fertility and reproductive health
- Soothe the nervous system
- Fight dry skin
- Balance indigestion, bloating, and constipation
- Balance “dry” emotions such as worry and anxiety
- Balance hormones, especially reproductive system
Ayurvedic Healing Ingredients
Some of the Ayurvedic energetics of the ingredients in this recipe include:
White Basmati Rice
A whole grain, white basmati rice is high in Earth Energy, excellent for balancing Vata dosha and Pitta dosha. It helps to soothe the nervous system, improve fertility, regulate the reproductive system, reduce anxiety, and reduce anger and inflammation. For Vata types with a weak digestion, white basmati rice can be easier to digest than brown rice. Basmati rice is Ayurvedically a very sattvic food, promoting clarity of the mind and calmness in the digestion. When possible, consume with fibrous foods like steamed vegetables or to stabilize blood sugar.
Cardamom
Cardamom is the perfect Vata-balancing spice. It is also soothing to Kapha dosha. It is calming and soothing to any erratic system in the body, whether it’s the digestive system with bloating and constipation, or the nervous system with tension and spasms.
Unrefined Cane Sugar
Unrefined cane sugar is high in Earth and Fire energy. It is best for balancing Vata types, which are nourished by naturally “sweet” tasting foods. It is made by squeezing the juice from sugar cane stalks and letting the natural sugar settle to the bottom. A pure, nutritious cane sugar is one that is slightly moist. Without processing, this sugar retains a dense nutrient and mineral profile such as magnesium, potassium, and manganese. It is excellent for reducing anxiety, muscle spasms, and dryness. It promotes increased bowel movements, fertility, and a healthy menstrual cycle.
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