Ayurvedic Quinoa Vegetable Soup for Vata, Pitta & Kapha
Updated: Aug 26
There are days when a warm, nourishing bowl of soup is exactly what you need. Filled with seasonal vegetables, quinoa, and beans, this hearty Ayurvedic soup is comforting, satisfying, and simple to prepare. Naturally gluten-free and easy to adapt throughout the year, it can be customized with different ingredients and spices to suit your individual needs.
The recipe includes Ayurvedic options for balancing Vata, Pitta, and Kapha doshas.
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Make a nourishing Ayurvedic quinoa vegetable soup with seasonal vegetables and dosha-specific spices for Vata, Pitta, or Kapha. Naturally gluten-free and easy to adapt.
Ayurvedic Quinoa Vegetable Soup for Vata, Pitta, Kapha
One of the main ingredients in our Ayurveda Quinoa Vegetable Soup for Vata, Pitta, Kapha is quinoa.
This Andean seed is often used like a grain. First grown about 5,000 years ago, quinoa is tried and tested!
Packed with plant protein, fiber, and naturally gluten-free, it is a terrific choice for everyone, but especially vegetarians and vegans who are often on the hunt for protein.
Did nature create a better plant-based complete protein? Quinoa is nature showing off her amazing creativity. This amazing edible seed also offers all nine essential amino acids that we require.
Gentle, less is more, and simple is good. Using this Ayurveda Quinoa Vegetable Soup as food as medicine is also a gentle, nourishing way of supporting the body with wholesome food.
"Food becomes medicine when it is balancing for your unique doshic picture and in alignment with the season, your location, and your stage of life."— Veena Blilie
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or your best oil from your Saumya Ayurveda food program
1-2 red onion, finely chopped
4-6 carrots, (have some fun and use rainbow carrots), peeled and chopped, or circles if you prefer something more to bite into.
4 dark green celery stalks, chopped
Add about 4 cups chopped seasonal vegetables, be sure to include some dark leafy green. (Fall harvest veggies include: string beans, sweet peppers, carrots, celeriac, chilies, Chinese cabbage, corn, eggplant, kale, spinach, chard, okra, peas, winter squashes, rutabaga, zucchini, tomato, turnips.)
3-6 garlic cloves finely chopped (not crushed). For Vata and Kapha, use more, for Pitta, use sparingly.
1 large can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes or fresh tomatoes (For Pitta and Pitta conditions, omit.)
1 cup tri-color quinoa, rinsed well in a fine mesh colander.
About 4 cups broth of your choice
2-3 cups water (for a thicker soup, use less broth and water)
1 can (15 ounces) great northern beans or rajma (kidney beans) rinsed and drained
1 to 2 teaspoons lemon juice
Optional garnishes: freshly grated Parmesan cheese, cilantro, croutons
Ayurveda Soup Churna:
½ teaspoon dried thyme
½ teaspoon caraway seed (Vata and Kapha can use more, while Pitta can use less)
1 teaspoon Red Hawaiian Alaea salt, adjust to suit your taste.
2–3 bay leaves, depending on size.
A pinch of red pepper flakes (omit for Pitta and Pitta conditions)
Freshly ground black pepper (Vata and Kapha can use more.)
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Instructions:
1. Warm the olive oil in your favorite soup pot over medium heat.
2. Add the chopped onion, carrot, celery, vegetables, and a little salt.
3. Cook, stirring often, until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
4. Add the garlic, tomato, thyme and caraway.
5. Pour in the quinoa, broth and water. Add 1 teaspoon salt, bay leaves, and a pinch of red pepper flakes. (Omit for Pitta and Pitta conditions.)
6. Add freshly ground black pepper.
7. Bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat to a gentle simmer, keeping the lid partially covering the soup pot for about 35 minutes.
8. Remove the bay leaves.
9. Stir in 1 teaspoon lemon juice and little more salt until the taste is just the way you like it.
Ladle into bowls and enjoy warm. Have fun with this recipe by changing the vegetables with the seasons and adjusting the spices to suit your individual doshic needs.
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