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Ayurvedic Dravya · Vegetable · — kcal / 100g

Green beans

Also known as: french beans, string beans

Green beans is a traditional Ayurvedic vegetable valued for its sweet, astringent taste and cooling potency.

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Green beans — Ayurvedic Vegetable & USDA Nutrition

Green beans — Rasa: Sweet, Astringent · Virya: Cooling · Vipaka: Sweet · — kcal per 100g (USDA).

Vāta: Neutral (0) Pitta: Pacifies (-1) Kapha: Pacifies (-1)
Rasa (Six Tastes)
Sweet, Astringent
Vīrya (Potency)
Cooling
Vipāka (Post-Digestive)
Sweet
Guṇas (Qualities)
Light, Dry
Digestibility & Agni
4/5 · Agni 0
Seasons & Timing
Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemanta · Midday, Evening

Classical Ayurvedic Profile & Preparation

Green beans is a traditional Ayurvedic vegetable valued for its sweet, astringent taste and cooling potency.

Traditional Preparation (Samskara)

One of the gentlest vegetables — cook until tender with a little fat; suits all three doshas.

Classical Provenance: Modern Ayurvedic texts.

Synergistic Combinations (Samyoga)

  • sautéed with coconut (South Indian poriyal)
  • with cumin and ghee
  • in kitchari

Contraindications & Viruddha Āhāra (Food Incompatibilities)

Well tolerated in normal culinary amounts.

Verified USDA Nutrition Facts for Green beans

Complete macronutrient, vitamin, and mineral profile per 100 grams and per 1 cup (100g):

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Ayurvedic Recipes Using Green beans

Green Bean Carrot Sesame Stir-FryDinner · 34 min

Green Bean Carrot Sesame Stir-Fry

Green Bean Carrot Sesame Stir-Fry is quickly cooked but served hot, with vegetables kept tender rather than raw. Vata: s...

Green Bean Peanut RiceLunch · 44 min

Green Bean Peanut Rice

Green Bean Peanut Rice is a lightly seasoned one-pot grain dish intended for a warm midday meal. Vata: serve warm, cook ...

Soba with Tempeh and Green BeansDinner · 38 min

Soba with Tempeh and Green Beans

Soba with Tempeh and Green Beans is served hot with vegetables and a light sesame-lime finish. Vata: serve warm, cook un...

Tempeh Vegetable RiceLunch · 44 min

Tempeh Vegetable Rice

Tempeh Vegetable Rice is a lightly seasoned one-pot grain dish intended for a warm midday meal. Vata: serve warm, cook u...

Tofu Green Bean Stir-FryDinner · 34 min

Tofu Green Bean Stir-Fry

Tofu Green Bean Stir-Fry is quickly cooked but served hot, with vegetables kept tender rather than raw. Vata: serve warm...

AvialLunch · 54 min

Avial

Avial combines tender vegetables with coconut and gently warmed yogurt. Vata: serve warm and keep the vegetables soft. P...

Beans PoriyalLunch · 34 min

Beans Poriyal

Beans Poriyal follows the gently steamed vegetable-and-coconut style of southern India. Vata: serve warm and increase co...

Bengali Pumpkin Bean ChorchoriLunch · 45 min

Bengali Pumpkin Bean Chorchori

Pumpkin binds several vegetables into a soft-edged Bengali chorchori Vata: serve it warm and add a little ghee if the me...

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