>I am not sure how much ayurveda has influenced "Indian" style cooking, but I assume quite a bit. Maybe someone else can weigh in on it. As amalag says (siblin

>I am not sure how much ayurveda has influenced "Indian" style cooking, but I assume quite a bit. Maybe someone else can weigh in on it. As amalag says (sibling comment), quite a bit, though less nowadays (because of traditional knowledge fading somewhat, time needed to make such food properly, work pressure, fast food, and increasing popularity of Western and other cuisines). There are a few books that talk about this, i.e. how traditional Indian food recipes incorporate Ayurvedic principles, for health (and taste :). One such book that talks about this a little, IIRC, is "Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution" by Dr. Robert Svoboda, who studied Ayurveda in India. http://www.drsvoboda.com/prakriti-bk.htm http://www.drsvoboda.com/prakriti-bk.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Svoboda http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Svoboda