Mashavataka, Māṣavaṭaka, Masha-vataka: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Māṣavaṭaka can be transliterated into English as Masavataka or Mashavataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaMāṣavaṭaka (माषवटक) is the name of dish and a variety of Vaṭaka featuring Māṣa (black-gram) as an ingredient, described as described in the 17th century Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.
(Ingredients of Māṣavaṭaka): black gram flour, salt, wet ginger and asafoetida.
(Cooking instructions): Make a paste of black gram flour by adding water, salt, wet ginger and asafoetida to it. Make small circular pieces with a hole in its centre. Fry the pieces in oil. The dish cooked in this manner is termed as māṣavaṭaka[345]. The preparation is termed as vaṭaka and its main ingredient is māṣa, thus we can called this dish as māṣavaṭaka.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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