Growing up in an Italian family, I LOVED my parents’ homemade pasta. As I got older and began to follow more of a plantbased, yogic diet, I needed to get creative to make pastas that I loved just as much as the traditional versions! One of my favorites is this Ayurvedic Vegan Cacio e Pepe served with mung bean noodles! This recipe blew my husband away, and it is SO simple to make!
Loaded with healthy fats, a pinch of rock salt, and sour lemon, this pasta is actually balancing for Vata dosha! It can help with dryness, bloating, pain, and even anxiety. Vata dosha is balanced by sweet, sour, and salty tastes as well as Earthy, oily, warm food. This dish brings all of those elements together!
Many vegan creamy sauces today use cashews, which can be very difficult to digest for many people! This sauce is easier on digestion. It can be taken raw or cooked for a few seconds with the pasta to bring the flavors together. I hope you enjoy this as much as my family does!
Recipes like this can help if you want to:
- Enhance fertility and reproductive health
- Soothe the nervous system
- Fight dry skin
- Balance indigestion and constipation
- Balance dry emotions such as anxiety
- Balance hormones, especially reproductive system
- Prevent excess weight loss and amenorrhea (loss of period)
- Keep blood sugar stable
Ayurvedic Healing Ingredients
Some of the Ayurvedic energetics of the ingredients in this recipe include:
Tahini
Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds. Very common in Middle Eastern cooking, it adds a lovely savory note to any dish and is commonly used as a healthy replacement for mayonnaise and cream in recipes. It is high in “Earth” energy and promotes stability in the nervous system, bones, and especially the reproductive system. From the Western perspective, it is a good source of plant-based calcium and phytoestrogens, making it great for females with low or irregular periods and weak bones. Nearly 5000 years ago, Ayurveda stated that sesame seeds help to regularize periods and strengthen the bones, as well. They are also great for reducing anxiety and bodily dryness.
Lime
Lime is an excellent Pitta-pacifying ingredient. It is sour but has a cooling energy, which helps to balance acidic digestion, inflammation, diarrhea, and skin disorders.
Olive Oil
Cold-pressed, extra-virgin olive oil is a perfect source of healthy fats in the diet. It is very balancing for Vata dosha and balancing for Pitta and Kapha when used in small amounts. It helps to lubricate the GI tract, reduce dryness and constipation, reduce headaches, improve nervous system disorders, and bring back a lost period. It helps to increase protective fat and fluid in the joints which helps to reduce arthritis.
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