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Gingered Sweet-Potato Mash

Sweet potato mashed with ghee, ginger, and cinnamon — pure grounding comfort for depleted, windy Vata days.

Dinner · 30 min (10 prep, 20 cook) · serves 2 · global · best in autumn, winter

Contains dairy. Check the substitutions below if you need to leave one out.
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Tastes: sweet, pungent. Qualities: warm, moist, heavy. vegetarian · gluten-free

Ingredients

Method

  1. Steam or boil the sweet potato until fully tender.
  2. Mash with ghee, ginger, cinnamon, and salt.
  3. Serve warm, ideally as the anchor of an early dinner.
Agni note. Ginger and cinnamon keep this sweet, heavy vegetable from sitting dull in the stomach.

Substitutions

  • olive oil for ghee — vegan

Classical references: Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 27 — Annapanavidhi (ingredient properties) · Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 26 — Viruddha ahara (combining rules) · Lad Textbook Of Ayurveda — Modern kitchen adaptation

Source: AyurVeda Companion editorial. pending provider validation

Educational Ayurvedic cooking guidance, not medical advice. If you are managing a diagnosed condition, are pregnant, or take medication that interacts with food, check with your clinician first.