title: Ayurvedic rationale of the southern Indian vegetable soup saaru or rasam.
abstract: Spices are historically known contributions to the world. The credit for identifying the spices with medicinal and culinary values goes to Ayurveda. Saaru or Rasam is a very popular soup used all over southern India. In this paper an attempt has been made to present the ayurvedic rationale behind formulating the receipt of saaru or rasam.
authors.affiliation: Regional research centre (Ayurveda), Ashoka pillar, Jayanagar, first Block, Bangalore - 560 011, India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vijayalakshmi
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Swamy
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Shantha