Detox Masala for Veggies

Madhumati Tyagi

Diabetes/ Madhumey is a metabolic Kapha type of disorder in which the diminished functioning of Agni (Digestive fire) leads to a tendency towards high blood sugar. For the effective results of your Ayurvedic medicines and improving your digestive fire, you need to clean/detox your gut system first. Using this masala in your vegetables especially green-leafy and bitter vegetables is instrumental in managing diabetes.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp Turmeric/Haldi powder
• 2 tbsp Cumin/Jeera powder
• 3 tbsp Coriander/Dhaniya
• 4tbsp Fennel/ Saunf Powder

How to make:

• Mix all the spice powders together and store in a jar
• When you are making a vegetable curry, place a small amount of ghee in a pan and heat on a medium flame.
• Saute the spices until the aroma released but be careful not to burn them.
• Add salt and black pepper to taste.
• Then, add this masala to your vegetables and stire them well.

Note: Combining the spice with black pepper increase your body’s ability to absorb turmeric’s beneficial compound called piperine, and when combined with curcumin, has shown to increase bioavailability.