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How to Make Grits with Okra & Green ChiliSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 15 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp | |
1 tsp | |
1 tbsp | |
2 pinch | |
1 c | |
1 c | |
0 tbsp | |
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PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
1. Cut okra in half lengthwise and roast dry on skillet until browned. Dice onions.
2. In a medium saucepan, bring pot of water to a boil.
3. Meanwhile heat oil in a small frying pan. Toss in the onions and sautee until transluscent. Add garlic last thirty seconds.
4. Add onions and grits to boiling water. After ten minutes or when grits are soft, add okra, cilantro and chili and mix gently. Serve.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Gritty, savory and a touch spicy, Grits with Okra, Cumin and Cilantro gets your day started with both comfort and invigoration. Early morning in the dusty, sweltering South begins with grits. In fact, the region from Virginia to Texas is referred to as the "grits-belt." This is where
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Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances.
With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you.
Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature.
By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health.
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INCREASES
Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)
Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick.
Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.
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| DRY ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.
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Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
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Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.
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Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.
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The 6 Tastes
Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food.
Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body.
Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food.
Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods.
Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion.
Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste.
One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes.
The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent.
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Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.
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The Three Doshas / Body Types
According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person.
Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness.
Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency.
Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses.
The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
The 3 functional body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry.
Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Grits with Okra & Green Chili Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary.
The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.
Stool Softener STOOL-SOFTENER
Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.
SEE ALL 'STOOL-SOFTENER' FOODS / HERBS Cholagogue CHOLAGOGUE
Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.
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Beer
Beer has these Actions in Common
Nutritive, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach, Galactagogue
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Barley
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Cholagogue, Satisfies-stomach, Diuretic, Nutritive
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Avocado
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Tofu
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Amaranth
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Popped Amaranth
Popped Amaranth has these Actions in Common
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Beets
Beets has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Stool-softener, Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach
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Stinging Nettles
Stinging Nettles has these Actions in Common
Galactagogue, Nutritive, Diuretic, Satisfies-stomach
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Fenugreek
Fenugreek has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Nutritive, Diuretic, Galactagogue
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Corn Starch
Corn Starch has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach
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Corn
Corn has these Actions in Common
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Grits with Okra & Green Chili
Safed Musali
Safed Musali has these Actions in Common
Galactagogue, Nutritive, Stool-softener
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Mahasudarshan
Mahasudarshan has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Decongestant, Diuretic
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Cornsilk
Cornsilk has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Nutritive, Cholagogue
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Milk Thistle
Milk Thistle has these Actions in Common
Galactagogue, Cholagogue, Diuretic
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Saw Palmetto
Saw Palmetto has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Galactagogue, Nutritive
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Shatavari
Shatavari has these Actions in Common
Galactagogue, Nutritive, Stool-softener
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Goldenseal
Goldenseal has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Diuretic, Cholagogue
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Vidari
Vidari has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Galactagogue, Nutritive
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Ashwagandha
Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common
Galactagogue, Nutritive, Diuretic
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Asparagus root
Asparagus root has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Nutritive
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Elder flower
Elder flower has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Diuretic
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About the Author
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda biocharacteristics.
His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel,
as well as public service work in South Asia.
John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem.
His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion.
John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing.
In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots,
and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church.
Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 6 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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