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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Cashew Sour Cream


How to Make Cashew Sour Cream

  • SERVINGS: 4
  • PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • EAT IN: AUTUMN-WINTER

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
2 c
1 tsp
1 whole
1 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. For best results, soak cashews in water overnight to remove phytates (anti-nutrients). In a pinch, you can get away with soaking chopped cashews for only ten minutes in hot water.

2. The next day, or at the end of soaking, strain and discard the water the cashews have been resting in.

3. Add soaked cashews to a high powered blender with 1 cup of fresh water,mineral salt, and 2tbsp lemon juice or ACV.

4. Blend cashews and all other ingredients until the mixture is completely smooth and creamy.

5. Serve as you would like a traditional dairy sour cream!

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Decadently creamy, with a full and warm feel in your mouth and the slight pucker of sour, Cashew Sour Cream offers you a plant-based alternative to the typical dairy option.

This smooth and velvety whipped base is versatile! Make it into a sweet treat using our Sweet Cashew Whipped Cream recipe and use it as a topping or a base for desserts. Whether made sour, sweet, or salty, this recipe will leave you feeling content, with a warm, satisfied belly.

Cashew Sour Cream is nourishing to your system. Naturally sweet and earthy, cashew will comfort and calm your frazzled nerves with their oily nature. This recipe soothes ambient stress with its heaviness, as cashews are both Ojas building and grounding. As an added bonus, their magnesium content relaxes muscles.

Because the sour taste has the element of fire in its makeup, it cuts through the heaviness of the buttery cashews, increasing the digestibility of their rich fat content.

Sour taste encourages secretions throughout your entire digestive tract, moisturizing your gut. It stimulates your body to release oily bile from your liver, gently cleansing both liver and blood of fats by pulling them into the digestive tract.

The antioxidant rich vitamin C of the lemons and Apple Cider Vinegar can boost immunity. These elements together create a combination that can help to carry you through the last stretches of the cold season.

AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

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. See How it Works.

Is Cashew Sour Cream Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Cashew Sour Cream' is a good fit. Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.

Metabolic Nature of Cashew Sour Cream

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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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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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.

Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.

Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.

The 3 metabolic body types (doshas), are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).

Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.

Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.

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PACIFIES
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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AGGRAVATES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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Other

Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

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Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cashew Sour Cream
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.

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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Relaxes Eyes

RELAXES-EYES

Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Builds Stamina

BUILDS-STAMINA

Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

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Refreshes Skin

REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Calms Heart

CALMS-HEART

An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'

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Constituents:
Phosphorous,
Phytates

PHYTATES

Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.

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, Fats,
Magnesium

MAGNESIUM

Helps muscles relax. Laxative.

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, Protein, Zinc, Sodium,
Rutin

RUTIN

Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.

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Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

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Flavonoids

FLAVONOIDS

Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.

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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Quenches-thirst, Relaxes-eyes, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Refreshing

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  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Refreshing, Nutritive

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  • Orange

    Orange has these Actions in Common

    Refreshes-skin, Nutritive, Refreshing, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Soothes-throat, Quenches-thirst, Builds-stamina, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, General-laxative, Satisfies-stomach, Nutritive, Soothes-throat

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  • Pineapple

    Pineapple has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Refreshing, Nutritive, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Diaphoretic, Refreshing

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  • Strawberries

    Strawberries has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing, General-laxative, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Refreshing

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  • Wasabi

    Wasabi has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative

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  • Horseradish

    Horseradish has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Cashew Sour Cream

  • Regular exercise

    Regular exercise has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Refreshing, Strengthens-resolve, Wakes-you-up

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Relaxes-eyes, Wakes-you-up

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  • Sniff raw onions, chopped

    Sniff raw onions, chopped has these Actions in Common

    Flushes-sinuses, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Relaxes-eyes, Strengthens-resolve, Calms-heart, Nutritive

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina, General-laxative

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Soothes-throat

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Builds-stamina, General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

    Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina, General-laxative

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  • Pitta Shirodhara Oil

    Pitta Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Calms-heart, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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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. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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