Vegetables · Property-derived

Snow peas

Also called: mangetout, sugar snap peas, zuckerschoten

Crisp, light and cooling — a fresh green for Pitta.

How Snow peas 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 Snow peas on each dosha
DoshaSuitabilityNotes
Vata Neutral Broadly neutral for Vata.
Pitta Balancing Calms Pitta — favour it when Pitta runs high.
Kapha Neutral Broadly neutral for Kapha.

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

When to go easy

Astringent, so raw and in quantity it can be a little drying.

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

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