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Kheer

Also called: kheer, rice pudding, payasam

Slow-cooked rice in sweet milk — nourishing and grounding for Vata.

How Kheer affects your doshas

In Ayurveda a food's effect depends on your constitution. This is the lens the app uses to suggest what to favour and ease off.

Effect of Kheer on each dosha
DoshaSuitabilityNotes
Vata Balancing Calms Vata — favour it when Vata runs high.
Pitta Neutral Broadly neutral for Pitta.
Kapha Use sparingly Can raise Kapha — go easy when Kapha runs high.

Taste: Sweet  ·  Potency: Cooling (śīta)  ·  Post-digestive: Sweet  ·  Qualities: Heavy, Moist

When to go easy

Milk, rice and sugar together are heavy and sweet, so it adds to Kapha.

Cautions

  • High Sugar

Property-derived. Not directly cited classically — classified from its taste, potency and qualities. Weigh it accordingly.

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