Food Items that are to be included in a pitta diet are the following:
- Rice
- Wheat
- Mung (Green gram)
- Masoor (Lentil)
- Barley (Hordeum vulgare)
- Ghee
- Milk
- Butter
- Jawar (Sorghum vulgare)
- Chik pea (Bengal gram)
- Jaggery
- Coconut
- Castor oil
- Vegetables
- Bitter gourd
- Parval (Pointed gourd)
- Bottle gourd
- Tanduliyakam (Amaranth)
- Cabbage
- Carrot
- Gourd luffa (Luffa cylindrica)
- Kushmanda (White gourd melon)
- Beetroot
- Eggplant
- Cucumber
- Okra
- Radish
- Turnip
- Plantain
- Asparagus
- Elephant foot yam
- Yellow melon
- Ivy gourd
- Plantain flower
- Jivanti (Leptedania reticulata)
Fruits:
- Banana
- Grapes
- Pomegranate
- Watermelon (Tarbuj)
- Black berry (Jamun)
- Coconut
- Indian plum (Bade Ber)
- Sweet lime (Mosambi)
- Melon (Kharbuja)
- Lime
- Custard apple (Sitafal)
- Mulberry (Shahatut)
- Sugarcane
- Aconite / Monk's hood (Amrud)
- Amalaki (Emblic myrobalan)
- Apple
- Avocado
- Oranges
- Pears
- Dry Fruits
- Raisins (soaked)
- Fig
- Walnut
- Plum
- Cashew nut
- Dates (Kharjura)
- Charoli
- Almond
- Singhada (Caltrops / Water chestnut / Singhara nut)
Spices:
- Mangosteen oil tree (Garcinia indica/ Vrkshamla)
- Cumin seeds (Jeeraka)
- Coriander
- Coriander seeds (dhanyaka)
- Saindhava salt
- Turmeric
- Fennel (Saunf)
- Cardamom
Diet restricted for people having pitta:
- Honey
- Hot water
- Curd
- Tamarind
- Groundnut Oil
- Horse gram (Kulattha)
- Mustard oil
Vegetables restricted for pitta:
- Pungent vegetables
- Garlic
- Onion
- Potato
- Peppers
- Tomatoes
Fruits restricted for pitta:
- Sour fruits
- Pineapple
- Falsa (Grewia asiatica)
- Ripe Mango
- Ripe Bilwa (Aegle marmelos)
- Papaya
- Plums (sour)
- Peaches
Spices restricted for pitta:
- Ajwain (King's cumin)
- Ginger
- Green chili
- Spear-mint / Garden mint
- Hing (Asafetida)
- Black Pepper
- Garlic
- Tamarind
- Tejpatra (Himalayan silver fir)
- Tulsi (Sacred Basil / Holy Basil)
Submitted by: Dr. Gayatri Ganesh B.A.M.S
Edited by: Dr. Reeja Tharu