Khandava

Khandava is a sweet and sour preparation similar to pickle or sweet chutney. It is appetizing, relishing, and taste-enhancing. It helps in improving appetite and taste perception. Various types are described.

• Deepana (appetizing)
• Rochana (relishing)
• Ruchikara (taste-enhancing)

Meat juice (Mamsarasa) which is not very thick, Rasala (curds churned and mixed with pepper powder and sugar), Raga (syrup which is sweet, sour and salty) and Khandava (syrup which has all the tastes, prepared with many substances), Panaka panchasara, (syrup prepared with raisins (draksha), madhuka, dates (karjura), kasmarya, and parushaka fruits all in equal quantities, cooled and added with powder of cinnamon leaves, cinnamon and cardamom etc) and kept inside a fresh mud pot, along with leav

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

Raga (sweet syrups), Khandava (sweet puddings), vegetables and meat become broken (liquid and solid portions get separated) and acquire bad taste.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi