Our Recipes

From a refreshing elderflower lassi to an exotic, fruity coconut-peach-blueberry cream our Ayurvedic summer menu offers a special taste experience while supporting dosha balance during the current Pitta season.

Give it a try and enjoy!

March marks the beginning of spring and, with it, the Kapha season, which lasts until the end of June. It is a time of the first warm rays of sunshine and magnificent colors, and soon, of fresh herbs, vegetables, and fruits that enrich our cooking.

To successfully maintain dosha balance as the seasons change, Ayurveda experts recommend light yet well-spiced meals during the Kapha season to boost digestive power. Hot, spicy, and well-cooked dishes as well as soups and green vegetables are also particularly recommended at this time.

The latest creation from our Ayurvedic chef, Heide Maria Vendler, shows you how to support your dosha balance with the right foods while delighting your palate, body, and soul allowing you to effortlessly conjure up a menu perfectly tailored to spring.

Apples, pears, blackberries, plums... Autumn gifts us with a bountiful selection of fruits and berries. With her latest recipe ideas, enthusiastic Ayurvedic cook Heide Maria Vendler shows how you can conjure up an autumn menu from nature’s rich bounty—one perfectly tailored to the waning Pitta season.

Our winter menu not only delights the senses but also supports dosha balance. Celery ravioli, pan-fried herb flatbreads, aromatic basmati rice with toasted almonds, fruity pineapple-banana chutney, hearty chickpea dal, creamy pumpkin and Brussels sprout curry, a winter baked apple with spiced cream, and warming spiced apple punch—these are the diverse and flavorful components of our Ayurvedic winter menu, a perfect balance of Ayurvedic wisdom and culinary innovation.

Heide Maria Vendler, an experienced Ayurvedic chef from Austria, has created a wonderful four-course menu exclusively for Maharishi Ayurveda. It is suitable for every dosha type, easy to prepare, and—above all—delicious. Featuring fresh, aromatic ingredients tailored to the Kapha season, it is a delight from appetizer to dessert.

Are you still looking for a special idea for Easter? How about a cozy Ayurvedic Easter brunch? Enjoy the culinary diversity of Ayurvedic cuisine with family and friends on this festive day. Our Austrian Ayurvedic chef, Heide Maria Vendler, has already taken care of the menu planning for the Easter brunch! Here are the Ayurvedic delicacies you and your guests can look forward to:

Whether in the garden or on the balcony, summer is the perfect time to get truly cozy with friends and acquaintances. Why not surprise your guests with an Ayurvedic summer menu? Exclusively created by our Austrian Ayurveda chef, Heide Maria Vendler. It shows just how wonderful healthy cuisine can be.

Does summer draw you out into nature, too? How about an Ayurvedic picnic—perhaps by an idyllic lake or at your own personal favorite spot? To help you truly spoil your family or friends, our Ayurveda chef Heide Maria Vendler has come up with ten wonderful treats that are guaranteed to turn your summer picnic into a unique experience.

Our wonderful Ayurveda chef, Heide Maria Vendler, has once again created some fantastic recipes for you. These "Ayurveda-to-go" summer recipes are perfect for preparing at home and enjoying later while you're out and about: a simple yet incredibly delicious Ayurvedic ratatouille with savory chard falafel and a basil raita—a light yogurt dip. They are accompanied by a delicious, refreshing coconut-mint chai, which you can customize to your liking using cow's milk or any plant-based alternative.

Ayurvedic health principles recommend incorporating all six tastes into our meals: sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent. In this way, we support our dosha balance naturally and easily.

– In cooperation with Volker Mehl –

Are you still looking for the perfect Christmas menu for your guests? Chef Heide Maria Vendler’s sophisticated Ayurvedic festive menu offers a delicious alternative to the classic roast goose or duck. Treat your guests to six unique culinary delights—a feast that not only the vegetarians among them will fondly remember for a long time to come!

Are you still looking for the perfect Christmas menu for your guests? Chef Heide Maria Vendler’s sophisticated Ayurvedic festive menu offers a delicious alternative to the classic roast goose or duck. Treat your guests to six unique culinary delights—a feast that not only the vegetarians among them will fondly remember for a long time to come!

Ayurvedic Menu Dessert: Poire Belle Hélène on Persian Pomegranate Sorbet – "Heavenly Christmas Dream"

Festive dishes are simply part of Christmas, don’t you think? They create a cozy atmosphere and are often the highlight of a celebration with family or friends. Are you expecting guests for the holidays but still looking for ideas for a truly special Christmas menu? With the four-course Christmas menu created by our Ayurvedic chef Heide Maria Vendler, you can easily put a smile on your guests' faces.

From an Ayurvedic perspective, warm grain porridge makes for the ideal breakfast. Here, we present two delicious porridge recipes by Ayurvedic chef Frank Lotz that are easy to digest and simple to prepare. Depending on your taste, you can further enhance your porridge with Ayurvedic spices that provide additional support for your digestion.

Kashmiri saffron rice, "Raja Raamas" – spinach dish with fresh paneer or seitan (wheat meat), papaya-papaya-mango chutney

This curry, apple, and celery soup is the perfect choice for the Kapha season. Tart apples and ginger give it a flavor profile that is simultaneously tangy, spicy, and zesty. We recommend enjoying this creamy soup as a midday meal—especially for Kapha types—and as a warming dish during the Kapha season.

A dessert for your summer guests:

Fresh fruit is always healthy and delicious, but light, fruity treats are especially popular on warm days. With our dessert suggestion, you can serve your summer guests a unique treat—one that can also be served as a first course. According to Ayurveda, dishes with a predominantly sweet taste can be served at the beginning of the meal when *Agni* (digestive fire) is strong. Ayurvedic principles hold that "sweet" foods require more digestive power than salty, sour, pungent, bitter, or astringent ones. Incidentally, a complete Ayurvedic menu ideally includes all six tastes. You can also use our popular spice blends for cooking or for adding extra flavor at the table.

A fruity, spicy punch that provides a cozy, warming sensation on cold days—perfect to enjoy after a long walk in the fresh winter air or during a relaxed get-together with friends and family.