Transform Your Health with this Ayurvedic Ginger Carrot Turmeric Detox Soup
Updated: Oct 5
This anti-inflammatory soup is full of flavor and provides healing and comfort. It is grounding for Vata, cooling for Pitta, and invigorating for Kapha, making it an ideal soup for the winter season. Additionally, customized spicing options are available for Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Get your free Vata recipe eBook and savor the flavors!
Transform Your Health with this Ayurvedic Ginger Turmeric Detox Soup
Two key ingredients in our Ayurveda Ginger Carrot Turmeric Soup are ginger and turmeric. Both are digestive herbs that offer several benefits.
Ginger: Ginger ignites agni (digestive fire) supporting healthy digestion. Ginger can help expel mucus, reduce ama (toxins) stimulate metabolism, and kickstart sluggish digestion. Balancing for for Vata and Kapha, may aggravate Pitta so use it conservatively.
Turmeric: Astringent turmeric has antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties. It is cleansing and supports healthy immune system function.
At Saumya Ayurveda, our philosophy is- be gentle and less is more. Using this Ayurveda Ginger Carrot Turmeric Detox Soup as food medicine, provides gentle Ayurvedic cleansing while supporting healthy digestion and elimination.
Let's dig into the recipe now.
Ingredients:
1-2 tablespoon olive oil (Vata can use more oil due to its dry nature)
2 leeks finely sliced
1 cup chopped fennel (1 small head) (Pitta can use more)
3-4 cups chopped carrots
1 cup chopped butternut squash (If you don’t have squash on hand, just add more carrots)
2 garlic cloves, minced (more for Vata and Kapha, less for Pitta)
2 inches of grated fresh ginger root (more for Vata and Kapha, less for Pitta)
1+ tablespoons ground turmeric
1 tablespoon Red Alaea Hawaiian salt
Fresh ground pepper (more for Vata and Kapha, less for Pitta)
3 cups vegetable broth
1 can unsweetened coconut milk (more for Pitta)
Ready for another helping of food as medicine? Check out our Ayurveda Green Detox Soup
"Turn your food into medicine by learning how to adjust any recipe to optimize its health benefits." - Veena, Saumya Ayurveda
Tweak Our Ayurveda Recipe to Match Your Doshic Picture
Follow these easy modifications and provide yourself with a meal that becomes medicine by balancing the doshas.
How to customize this recipe to balance Vata
For spicing for Vata, the overall spiciness is important to help aid in digestion. Don't hold back as Vata types tend to have weaker digestion and this time of year lean towards being easily chilled with the hallmark cold hands and feet and constipation. Spices are digestive herbs that support healthy digestion, assimilation, and elimination. Garnish with roasted sesame seeds.
How to customize this recipe to balance Pitta
For Pitta, optimize this recipe by adding more coconut milk or coconut cream for its cooling qualities and sweet taste, both of which balance Pitta dosha. Garnish with coconut flakes.
How to customize this recipe to balance Kapha
Kapha needs to be invigorated, especially during Kapha season, as it may tend to be slow, sluggish, and dull. To customize the recipe for Kapha dosha--turn up the heat. Add more ginger and some nice hot chili and in general, add more volume of spice to support Kapha's slower digestive process.
How Do I Know If I Have a Dosha Imbalance?
Peruse these comprehensive and convenient lists of signs and symptoms of dosha imbalances.
As we are all comprised of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, there can be an imbalance in any of the doshas, or a combination of dosha imbalances. Read all three lists and see if anything looks familiar.
Instructions:
Heat the olive oil in a soup pot. Sauté until the vegetables soften, about 3-5 minutes.
Now, add the ginger, garlic, turmeric, salt, and pepper, and sauté for a couple more minutes.
Add the broth and coconut milk and bring it to a boil, then lower the temperature, cover, and simmer for about 20 minutes.
Add the soup to a blender, and blend until smooth and creamy. (Or, use an immersion blender.)
Garnish with whatever appeals to you. Some options include croutons, crispy shallots, fresh herbs, a dollop of yogurt, roasted sesame seeds.
Do the 2 minute meditation to ground before eating.
Enjoy!
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Ayurveda Cleansing Info For Body, Mind, and Spirit
Food as Medicine:
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Emotional Cleansing:
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