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Kairali — The Ayurvedic Healing Village · Since 1908

Cooking Classes

Aerial view of paddy fields and coconut palms in the Kerala countryside around the hospital

Cooking Classes

Food is an essential requirement for enhancing bodily strength and immunity. It can be understood as the interplay of mind and nutrition. When we are in sync, we desire foods that are healthy. But if our mind, body, or soul is out of balance, our connection to our inner intelligence goes awry thus creating an imbalance and attracting a whole lot of problems. Food whose color, smell, taste and touch please the senses and is conducive to health, if taken in accordance with the rules can provide fuel to the fire of digestion; and promote mental health, physical strength and complexion.

Cooking Classes

The modern philosophy that ‘one size fits all’ does not equate with nutrition and hence it is important to understand that for complete nutrition we need to balance it out. Even if you are exercising and your food is not in accordance, it won’t be of any use.

In Ayurveda, food comes first. Ideal nutrition comes from consuming a variety of fresh foods that are appropriately prepared and eaten with awareness. At Kairali – The Ayurvedic Healing Village, along with the other parameters of health, food is given towering importance and a dedicated unit deals with the proper optimization of food. In this section, students participate in Ayurvedic Cooking Classes that teach them the principles and techniques of healthy cooking.

Students have to undergo a course that teaches them to develop a comprehensive approach towards Ayurveda while making them accustomed to the principles behind Ayurvedic cooking. They are taught the ways to balance doshas via food, and the relationship between Ayurvedic cuisine and vegetarian food.

They also learn why Ayurvedic cuisine is strictly vegetarian and how the use of herbs in the diet enhances its rejuvenating properties while simultaneously augmenting its taste. The cooking class is one of the best ways to ease the mind in this village.

Where we are

Kairali sits in Palakkad district, inland Kerala, in the south west of India.

Map of India with Kerala highlighted in the south west, and Delhi and Mumbai marked
Kerala, in India
Map of Kerala with Palakkad district highlighted, and Cochin and Trivandrum marked
Palakkad, in Kerala
Map of Palakkad district with the location of Kairali - The Ayurvedic Healing Village marked
The hospital, in Palakkad
Illustrated aerial map of the grounds, numbering the reception, Ayurvedic hospital, yoga centre, meditation hall, villas, herbal garden and other facilities
A plan of the grounds, numbering reception, the Ayurvedic hospital, the yoga centre, the herbal garden and the villas.
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Not sure which programme fits?

Share your goal in your own words — the patient care team or an Ayurvedic doctor will point you to the right programme.