Ayurvedic Diet for Summer Season | Pitta Pacifying Cooling Foods Chart

Ayurvedic Diet for Summer Season | Pitta Pacifying Cooling Foods Chart

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Ayurvedic Diet Chart for Summer Season


Stay cool and energized during the hot summer months with this Ayurvedic diet plan, specially curated to pacify Pitta dosha. Focus on hydrating foods, cooling herbs, and seasonal fruits that help maintain internal balance and boost digestion naturally.

Summer Ayurvedic Breakfast Ideas
Edible rosewater with mishri (rock sugar) Fresh bottle gourd or pumpkin juice
Boiled moong beans (easily digestible protein) Light semolina upma
Soaked chia or sabja seeds Cashew rose halwa
Rice kheer made with cow milk Oats porridge
Barley chapati Fresh cucumber juice
Lunch Options for Summer (Ayurveda Recommended)
Green vegetable soup Gulkand with cow milk
Pointed gourd curry Brown rice gruel
Mixed grain chapatis (corn, wheat, jowar)
Pumpkin curry Moong bean curry with brown rice
Bottle gourd curry in ghee Hotchpotch (khichdi) of jowar and barley
Ayurvedic Snacks & Drinks for Summer
Rose or khus drink Cashew nuts, apricots
Light popcorn (amaranth, corn, rice) Falsa drink
Bananas, grapes Puffed rice, puffed barley
Light Dinner Meals for Summer Balance
Red or brown rice gruel Spinach curry with rice
Bitter gourd curry Fenugreek-french beans pulao
Sponge gourd curry Ragi-jowar hotchpotch
Jowar-soybean roti Barley flatbread (roti)


Foods to Avoid During Summer (As Per Ayurveda):

  • Refined oils and fried snacks.

  • Excessive salted and spicy items.

  • Pickles, sauces, dips.

  • Carbonated drinks, soda.

  • Tinned/packaged foods, bakery products.

  • Refined flour (maida).

  • Sour, pungent, and preserved food.

  • Heavy dairy, like paneer or processed cheese.

  • Black gram (urad dal) and its preparations.

  • Best Cooling Foods to Include in Your Summer Diet:

  • Rose petals, khus, falsa, banana, pomegranate, amla.

  • Cow milk and cow ghee.

  • Pumpkin, asparagus, beetroot, carrot.

  • Gulkand - natural Pitta pacifier.

  • Oats, multigrain flour.

  • Moong beans, bottle gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd.

  • Red and brown rice.

  • Dry fruits like dates and figs.

  • Jowar, barley, corn.

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