Rasala

Rasala is a nourishing curd-based preparation made by pounding Dadhi (1 adhaka) with Sarkara (16 pala), ghee (1 pala), honey (1 pala), Maricha (2 karsha), Sunthi (half pala), and Chaturjataka (half pala each). The mixture is pounded in a mortar and then preserved in a vessel perfumed with camphor.

Its classical action is Poushtya (nourishing and strength-promoting), used as a dietary-medicinal tonic.

• Vrishya (aphrodisiac)
• Brumhana (nourishing)
• Rochana (relishing)

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

Rasala – रसाला बंहृ णी व ृ या ि न धा ब या च दा । Rasala – curds churned and added with pepper powder and sugar- it causes body weight increase, it is aphrodisiac, unctuous, improves strength and improves taste.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

Rasala (seasoned curd preparation), mature ash gourd, pomegranate, Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), grapes, buttermilk, and Saindhava (rock salt) are beneficial in heart disease.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 35: Diet for Heart Disease (Hridroga Pathyapathyam)

Shali rice, Shashtika rice, green gram, wheat, Laja (puffed rice), Shaktu (roasted grain flour), fresh butter, ghee, Chira (flattened rice), Rasala (seasoned curd), honey, and sugar are wholesome.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 84: Diet for Pregnant Women (Garbhini Pathyapathyam)

Rasala (seasoned curd preparation), mature ash gourd, pomegranate, Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), grapes, buttermilk, and Saindhava (rock salt) are beneficial in heart disease.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 24: Diet for Heart Disease (Hridroga Pathyapathyam)

Shali rice, Shashtika rice, green gram, wheat, Laja (puffed rice), Shaktu (roasted grain flour), fresh butter, ghee, Chira (flattened rice), Rasala (seasoned curd), honey, and sugar are wholesome.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 73: Diet for Pregnant Women (Garbhini Pathyapathyam)