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Beetroot Powder
Whole beetroot · dried and milled to a fine powder of an extraordinary magenta-crimson · Drying concentrates the root considerably
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Whole beetroot · dried and milled to a fine powder of an extraordinary magenta-crimson · Drying concentrates the root considerably
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Ashwagandha root · dried and finely milled — one of the most established herbs in the Ayurvedic materia medica · classified there as a rasayana
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Triphala means "three fruits" · and that is exactly what it is: amalaki · bibhitaki and haritaki
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The seed of the jamun · or Indian black plum · dried and milled to a fine powder
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Bhringraj leaf · dried and milled to a soft green powder · Ayurveda calls it kesharaja — "king of hair" — and that is overwhelmingly how it is used: mixed into a paste with water
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Haritaki is the fruit of Terminalia chebula · dried and milled — one of the three fruits that make up triphala · and a classical Ayurvedic powder in its own right
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Aloe vera leaf · dried and milled to a fine pale powder · It reconstitutes readily: whisked into water it forms a light gel that can be used much as fresh aloe gel would be
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Garcinia cambogia — Malabar tamarind · kudampuli · or kokum's sharper cousin — is a small souring fruit from the Western Ghats
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Senna leaf · dried and milled · Senna is one of the most widely recognised herbs in traditional practice
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Bitter gourd · dried and milled to a fine green powder · Karela is the most uncompromisingly bitter vegetable in the Indian kitchen
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Spirulina is a blue-green microalga · dried into a powder of an almost startling deep green · It is among the most protein-dense foods available — around 60% protein by dry weight — and it carries that protein alongside iron
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Ripe papaya · dried and milled into a soft orange powder that smells exactly like the fresh fruit · Unlike the dried dices
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Guarana is the seed of an Amazonian climbing plant · dried and milled · Its distinguishing feature is simple and worth stating first: guarana seed contains roughly two to four times the caffeine of a coffee bean by weight
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The insulin plant · Costus igneus · is a leafy garden plant grown widely across South India
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Soursop — graviola · guanabana · or lakshman phal — is a large tropical fruit with soft white pulp and a flavour people struggle to place: something between pineapple
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Amla · the Indian gooseberry · dried and milled to a pale powder