{"id":79137,"date":"2017-07-31T15:04:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T19:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=79137\/"},"modified":"2017-08-08T17:15:55","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T21:15:55","slug":"recipe-basmati-pilau-toasted-pistachios-raisins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/pt-pt\/journal\/recipe-basmati-pilau-toasted-pistachios-raisins\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: Basmati Pilau With Toasted Pistachios and Raisins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sample Meredith’s cooking at the Find Your True Fork dinner<\/a> at Wanderlust Hollywood on Thursday, August 17. Be sure to check out the\u00a0Wanderlust Find Your True Fork<\/a> cookbook for more Ayurvedic dishes and other recipes from various mindfully-inspired chefs.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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In Ayurvedic cuisine<\/a>, food is medicine. To reap the healing benefits of food, most Ayurvedic practitioners will focus on cooked, easy-to-digest meals, and use a variety of spices to help balance the doshas. (Don’t know your dosha? We love this quiz<\/a> from The Chopra Center.)<\/em> And while understanding the specifics of Ayurvedic food might seem a bit intimidating, fear not. The basics are straightforward, and we’ve got a great recipe to get you started.<\/p>\n

Similar to rice pilaf, Indian pilau is a savory rice dish combining a variety of warm and earthy flavors. This recipe uses basmati rice and ghee\u2014a staple in any Ayurvedic kitchen<\/a> and one of the lightest oils. Ghee<\/a> is celebrated for it’s ability to aid in digestion, improve memory, and help carry the medicinal properties of herbs through the body tissue. \u00a0This recipe is also customizable to your particular dosha\u2014see notes for how to create delicious, healing meal that nourishes your unique being.
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