PITTA dosha

Pitta's properties are hot, sharp, oily and light.

PITTA PACIFYING FOODS:

General: you can balance excess Pitta with foods that are cool, dry and heavy with a mild, naturally sweet, bitter or astringent taste. For example, milk, rice, beans, steamed vegetables and fruit are good for Pitta people. Mild spices like cumin, coriander and cilantro are particularly beneficial for Pitta. Sweet, bitter, astringent; cold, heavy, dry. Moderation, coolness, ghee, coconut oil, olive oil, green coriander (dhaniya), coriander seeds, cardamom, sprouts and raw foods.

Vegetables & Fruits: can eat most vegetables and fruits. Exceptions are given below.
Grains: Barley, oats, wheat, parboiled rice, basmati rice.

PITTA AGGRAVATING FOODS:

General: pungent and oily foods such as curry, fried foods and spicy condiments, as well as spices such as cayenne, garlic and dry ginger, should be avoided by Pitta constitutions. Pungent, sour, salty, hot, light, oily. Stimulants like smoking, alcohol, coffee, pickles, vinegar, fried foods, spicy foods, fermented foods, curds, almond, corn, til (sesame), mustard oil increase heat and so are to be reduced or avoided.     
Vegetables: Beets, carrots, brinjal, garlic, hot peppers, onions, spinach, tomatoes.
Fruit: Sour and unripe fruits. If there is aggravated Pitta avoid grapefruit, papayas, peaches, bananas, apricots.

Grains : Brown rice, corn, millet, rye.

KAPHA DOSHA

The qualities of Kapha dosha are cold, heavy, liquid and unctuous.

KAPHA PACIFYING FOODS:

General: To balance Kapha dominance, eat smaller amounts of food and emphasize food with Vata properties of light and dry. Also, foods which are dry, hot or sharp are recommended, so look for foods with pungent, bitter or astringent tastes. Examples include puffed cereals such as puffed rice or corn; small, astringent grains, such as millet, amaranth, and quinoa; and light, bitter vegetables such as leafy greens. Spices like ginger, turmeric and chili are generally good for Kapha people.

Favour : Warm light food, dry food cooked without much water, minimum of butter, oil and sugar, stimulating foods (ginger, chillies, pickles), raw foods, salads, fruits.           
Vegetables: Generally all vegetables are good, but if you are suffering from any Kapha disorder like lung congestion, congestive asthma, sinuses, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, then avoid all sweet juicy vegetables such as cucumbers, pumpkin family, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tori, ghiya etc.

Fruits: Apples, apricots, pears, pomegranates, dried fruits in general (apricots, figs, prunes, raisins)

Lentils & Legumes: If the dosha is not aggravated all except tofu and kidney beans are acceptable.
Spices: All are good - ginger is best for improving digestion, turmeric is excellent for drying out the mucous, chillies are excellent for removing mucous.

KAPHA AGGRAVATING FOODS:

General: Foods such as dairy products, wheat, avocados and oils have these qualities and will increase Kapha in the body. Sweet, sour, salty; heavy, oily, cold. Desserts, sweets, ice cream, deep fried foods, possessiveness, miserliness, and laziness.

Vegetables: all sweet juicy vegetables such as cucumbers, pumpkin family, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, tori, ghiya etc.

Fruits: All sweet juicy fruits in general.

Lentils & Legumes: Tofu and kidney beans.

Spices: excess salt.