Ayurveda & Asana Yoga icon Ayurveda & Asana Yoga Download on App Store

Ayurvedic Dravya · Salt-Mineral · — kcal / 100g

Tragacanth gum (gond katira, raw)

Also known as: gond katira, katira gond

The cooling gum crystal — soaks into voluminous jelly; summer's counterpart to winter's gond, and the two must never be swapped.

Check Tragacanth gum (gond katira, raw) Against Your Prakriti & Daily Macros Log 704 Ayurvedic ingredients and 1,511 recipes with Six Tastes + verified USDA nutrition on iPhone & iPad.
Download on the App Store
Tragacanth gum (gond katira, raw) — Ayurvedic Salt-Mineral & USDA Nutrition

Tragacanth gum (gond katira, raw) — Rasa: Sweet · Virya: Cooling · Vipaka: Sweet · — kcal per 100g (USDA).

Vāta: Pacifies (-1) Pitta: Strongly Pacifies (-2) Kapha: Neutral (0)
Rasa (Six Tastes)
Sweet
Vīrya (Potency)
Cooling
Vipāka (Post-Digestive)
Sweet
Guṇas (Qualities)
Heavy, Smooth, Slimy
Digestibility & Agni
3/5 · Agni -1
Seasons & Timing
Grishma · Morning, Midday

Classical Ayurvedic Profile & Preparation

The cooling gum crystal — soaks into voluminous jelly; summer's counterpart to winter's gond, and the two must never be swapped.

Traditional Preparation (Samskara)

Soak a teaspoon of crystals overnight in ample water; identification matters — katira cools, babbula gond heats.

Classical Provenance: North Indian summer tradition.

Synergistic Combinations (Samyoga)

  • soaked overnight into sherbets and milk (see dravya.gond-katira-drink)
  • in falooda

Contraindications & Viruddha Āhāra (Food Incompatibilities)

  • Contraindication: always fully soaked with ample fluids (swells massively)
  • Contraindication: weak digestion (excess)
  • Incompatible pairing (Viruddha): frying it (that's winter gond's treatment — katira is soaked, never fried)

Verified USDA Nutrition Facts for Tragacanth gum (gond katira, raw)

Complete macronutrient, vitamin, and mineral profile per 100 grams and per 1 tsp dry (5g):

iOS App for iPhone & iPad

Practice with 908 illustrated postures, custom prāṇāyāma timers & dosha meal plans

Combine classical Vata, Pitta, and Kapha balance, Six Tastes (Shad Rasa), and seasonal Ritucharya routines with verified USDA calorie, macronutrient, vitamin, and mineral tracking.

Download on the App Store Compare with Cal AI, MyFitnessPal & Yoga Apps

Related Salt-Mineral Ingredients

Edible lime (chuna)Salt-Mineral · Heating

Edible lime (chuna)

Calcium hydroxide of the paan tradition — a wheat-grain-sized trace amount is the folk calcium supplement; alkali chemis

Rock saltSalt-Mineral · Cooling

Rock salt

The best of all salts in classical texts — the only one considered cooling and suitable for daily use by all doshas, eve

Sambhar lake saltSalt-Mineral · Heating

Sambhar lake salt

Romaka — the lake salt of classical lists, historically from Sambhar; ranked light and quick-acting among the five salts

Edible silver leaf (vark)Salt-Mineral · Cooling

Edible silver leaf (vark)

Gossamer silver on festive sweets — traditional rajata association with cooling and grace; nutritionally inert, ceremoni