Red lentils (masoor)
Light, quick-cooking legume; warming and reasonably easy to digest.
increases Vataneutral for Pittareduces Kapha
Ayurvedic properties
- Rasa (taste): sweet, astringent
- Virya (energy): heating
- Guna (qualities): light, dry
Classical sources
- Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 27 — Shami-dhanya varga (pulses)
- Bhavaprakasha — Nighantu — Dhanya varga
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