Ratios of ingredients for a meal in the Ayurvedic tradition

[…] it is not recommended to eat dhal by itself. As a legume predominant in the astringent taste, dhal is extractive and eating only extractive food will slow digestion and elimination.

A complete, balanced meal contains four components that come together in the 60:40 proportion of augmenting and extractive foods. Here are the four components and how much of the plate they should take up.

~ 108 Dhal Recipes, Hale Pule

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Hale Pule - 108 Simple Ayurvedic Dhal Recipes