What are best foods for Vata dosha? Vata should favor sweet, salty and sour foods! Sweet fruit, banans, berries, grapes, lemons, sweet melons, peaches, plums, prunes and raisins (soaked). Most cooked vegetables (Vata should favor cooked versus raw), asparagus, beets, carrots, onions, peas, sweet potato, pumpkin, spinach, summer squashes like zucchini. ...