CRAVE! The Ayurvedic Perspective – your SV Ayurveda Newsletter May 1, 2025 – #15, Vol 15

Are you craving something sweet after your meals? Do you crave crunchy salty snacks throughout the day? Do you eat your full meal and then even though you feel full, you keep craving salty, then sweet again, then keep eating, much to your dismay?! Is your appetite all over the place and irregular? Let’s talk about this…

Did you know that cravings are your body’s signal system alerting you to things being out of balance? Many things could be off depending on WHAT you are craving…

If you are craving dry, crunchy and crispy and salty, your digestive fire could be low and slow and in-need of re-ignition; if you are craving sweet and more sweet, it could mean that your stomach acid and overall body pH is low and acidic and your body is trying to buffer; if you are craving spicy and sour, it could mean that your are mentally stressed out and need to ground more by supporting digestion further… You get the point: it’s complicated because it’s a science. BUT THERE IS A SIMPLE WAY OF FIXING IT ALL WITH ONE INGREDIENT…

One ingredient only? That’s right! A fruit. That can literally take care of it all. It’s called “amla.” Volumes can be written about it. It has so many amazing properties, AND 60x more vitamin C than any citrus fruit. Watch Vaidya’s video below to learn more.

Since that fruit is not readily available in grocery stores here, and we are not quite familiar with its regular consumption, Vaidya made it easy for us by putting together a delicious and healthy Tamarind Amla preserve – a healthy substitute for Ketchup (!) – you can now have all the benefits of amla immediately and easily. Below is one quick and delicious recipe. But your imagination is really the limit for how you can incorporate this preserve into your daily cooking!

10 Benefits of Wild Amla

Awaken your taste-buds with the flavor of exotic fruits and spices in Vaidya’s SVA Tamarind Wild Amla Preserve. Connect your brain centers with your stomach, support your appetite, enhance your digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients, feel energized instead of fatigued after your meals. The Wild Amla berry is ideal for protein synthesis, and for enhancing the dhatu-agnis (metabolic process in all the tissues). Wild Amla is a powerhouse of Vitamin C, and is highly alkalizing. It pacifies all doshas and subdoshas. Sweet Thai Tamarind is a delicious exotic fruit ideal for metabolism, and for maintaining cool and healthy skin conditions. Tamarind also supports the colon’s friendly bacteria and balances all doshas and subdoshas. 

Vaidya Mishra’s “ketchup-substitute” condiment will help you catch-up with your health resolutions and keep you two steps ahead of the old habits you are trying to kick off!

More on the Tamarind & Amla Preserve

WHAT’S IN YOUR

TAMARIND WILD AMLA PRESERVE …

AND WHY?

Awaken your taste-buds with the flavor of exotic fruits and spices in Vaidya’s Tamarind Wild Amla Preserve. Connect your brain centers with your stomach, support your appetite, enhance your digestion, absorption, and metabolism of nutrients, feel energized instead of fatigued after your meals. The Wild Amla berry is ideal for protein synthesis, and for enhancing the dhatu-agnis (metabolic process in all the tissues). Wild Amla is a powerhouse of Vitamin C, and is highly alkalizing. It pacifies all doshas and subdoshas. Sweet Thai Tamarind is a delicious exotic fruit ideal for metabolism, and for maintaining cool and healthy skin conditions. Tamarind also supports the colon’s friendly bacteria and balances all doshas and subdoshas. This “ketchup-substitute” condiment will help you catch-up on your health resolutions and keep you two steps ahead of the old habits you are trying to kick off!

Click here to watch a video on the top 25 health benefits of Amla

Ingredients:

Wild Harvested Amla Berries: Pacify and balance the doshas, support the intelligent functioning of the liver, help Pranic flow and circulation

throughout the body, support the youthful functioning of all tissues and organs throughout the body, keep all organs and organ systems functioning optimally helping maintain an overall sense of wellness.

Organic Sweet Tamarind: an ancient fruit known for it unique health supporting properties - improves absorption of nutrients, support the pH balance of the colon, and create a good environment for friendly bacteria in the colon.

Lime: alkalizing the overall system, boosts immunity, balances the sour and sweet tastes in the recipe.

Mom’s Masala: (also sold separately, read more here:). A unique recipe passed down for generations that helps promote good digestion, bring balance, and wellness to the physical and vibrational channels, and all organs and organ systems and tissues. It contains the following ingredients with the following actions:

Coriander: Helps to remove toxins through the urinary tract, cools and balances the properties of the other warming spices in the recipe,

helps protect from acidity by having an alkalizing effect on digestion.

Cumin: Enhances absorption, burns ama (toxins from undigested food particles), supports digestion and metabolism without overheating the system.

Turmeric: Supports the intelligence of the liver and cleanses the liver and blood.

Black Pepper: Opens the micro and macro channels of the body and brain, enhances the oxygenation in the channels of the brain, supports the kidney channels.

Pink Pepper: a mild spice with a unique fruity flavor, it also helps open the channels deep within the cellular system, giving a deep sense of satiation.

White pepper: Adds a unique flavor, opens the micro and macro channels of the body and brain, enhances the oxygenation in the channels of the brain, supports the kidney channels.

Curry Leaf: Detoxifies liver, supports immunity, adds a unique flavor, and cleanses the cellular system.

Fenugreek: Supports sugar and fat metabolism.

Fennel: Cools and enhances the coordination between the other ingredients and spices.

Cinnamon Tamala: Unique flavor, supports glucose metabolism.

Cinnamon Bark [Indian]: Encourages glucose and carbohydrate metabolism.

Green Cardamom: Supports the metabolism of proteins, and balances the coordination of the three subdoshas of the stomach; samana vata, kledaka kapha, and pachaka pitta.

Ayurvedic Ginger: supports digestion, burns ama without overheating the system.

Clove: Opening the channels and cooling the digestive system.

Soma Salt: (Also sold separately) The best salt non-dosha aggravating salt available.

Mango Turmeric: Adds the flavor of mango, supports the intelligence of the Liver and cleanses the liver and blood.

Mace: Unique flavor, opens channels and calms the mind, enhances the connection between the mind and the digestive tract.

Cobra Saffron: Opens the channels and nourishes the brain.

Black Cardamom: Supports protein metabolism, and adds an appetizing unique flavor.

Ajwain: Opens the tough physical channels, even if they are blocked with ama, unclouds the digestive system.

Kalonji: Balances the hormonal system, adds a unique flavor, and balances the subdoshas of the colon and stomach.

Shroto-Shudhi Masala: (Also Sold Separately); Specially prepared spice mix designed to open and support the channels.

Directions

This preserve can be enjoyed with baked, cooked or raw foods. It can be added as a sauce or to dip in your baked fries! It can be diluted with water and some more lime, along with fresh chopped cilantro or herbs, to create a delicious dip/dressing; or it can even be added to your vegetables or protein while cooking your meals. It is highly versatile and will enhance the flavor of any meal item.

Refrigerate after opening. Do not leave exposed to heat/sunlight.

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