Curried Chick Pea With Collard Greens |
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How to Make Curried Chick Pea with Collard GreensSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 15 MINUTES COOK TIME: 180 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
| 1/4 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 clove | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 whole | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 lbs | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Soak chick peas overnight. Drain and bring to a boil. Scrape off the soap film that rises to the top. Add 1/2 of the onions and 1/2 of the salt.
In another pot, chop and bring collard greens to a boil. Make a thick spice paste of all spices and a tsp of water. Chop the remaining onions and garlic finely. In a frying pan saute mustard seeds and cumin in oil until they begin to pop. Add the spice paste and spread. Add the onions. After one minute add the garlic. After thirty seconds add to collard greens. Add the tomatoes. Deglaze pan with a bit of water to scoop up remaining adhered flavors and add to collard greens.
Once chickpeas have cooked for an hour, drain the broth and add chickpeas to collard greens with remaining salt. Cook slow until chickpeas are tender.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Ayurveda treats obesity with foods that are difficult to digest but not very nutritional. Chick peas are difficult to digest and protein instead of carbohydrate rich. They are also astringent helping to tonify loose, flabby tissues.
The large amount of pungent spices and the mixing of legumes with greens targets pacifying Kapha dosha. WHAT IS CURRIED CHICK PEA WITH COLLARD GREENS?Made with South Indian style spices like turmeric, mustard, fenugreek and cumin.
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Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
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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.
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| CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
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Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.
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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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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.
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| BITTER ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes, laxative, and drying.
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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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Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
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Aromatic AROMATIC
Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Curried Chick Pea with Collard Greens ![Help]() 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.
, Nauseating NAUSEATING
Brings about feelings of unease and discomfort in the stomach, often accompanied with the involuntary urge to vomit.
SEE ALL 'NAUSEATING' FOODS / HERBS , , , Carminative CARMINATIVE
Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
SEE ALL 'CARMINATIVE' FOODS / HERBS High Fiber Laxative HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE
A class of laxative that adds bulk and water to stools. The large size of the stool stimulates peristalsis so the stool can pass more easily through the colon. It is important to drink plenty of water when using high fiber laxatives, as they can be dehydr
SEE ALL 'HIGH-FIBER-LAXATIVE' FOODS / HERBS Stimulates Front Of Brain STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN
Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.
SEE ALL 'STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN' FOODS / HERBS , , , Warms Chest WARMS-CHEST
Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
SEE ALL 'WARMS-CHEST' FOODS / HERBS , , , , Expectorant EXPECTORANT
Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.
SEE ALL 'EXPECTORANT' FOODS / HERBS , Cardiac Stimulant CARDIAC-STIMULANT
Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
SEE ALL 'CARDIAC-STIMULANT' FOODS / HERBS , , Vasodilator VASODILATOR
A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
SEE ALL 'VASODILATOR' FOODS / HERBS , Styptic STYPTIC
A herb that contracts tissue or blood vessels. Generally styptics are astringent. They are often used topically as a hemostatic to stop bleeding, or to reduce secretions.
SEE ALL 'STYPTIC' FOODS / HERBS Diuretic DIURETIC
Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS Hypolipidemic HYPOLIPIDEMIC
Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.
SEE ALL 'HYPOLIPIDEMIC' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Saponins SAPONINS
Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
SEE ALL 'SAPONINS' FOODS / HERBS , Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Tannins, Inositol INOSITOL
Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.
SEE ALL 'INOSITOL' FOODS / HERBS , Soluble Fiber, Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
SEE ALL 'NITRIC-OXIDE' FOODS / HERBS , Sulfated Polysaccharides, Sulphur, Folate, Insoluble Fiber, , 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.
SEE ALL 'PHYTATES' FOODS / HERBS , Polysaccharides, Potassium, Melatonin, Protein, Manganese, Isoflavone ISOFLAVONE
A type of naturally occurring isoflavonoid. Many have a phytoestrogen effect. Frequently found in the pea family ( Fabaceae).
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Do you still have to soak the garbanzos if they're canned?
- Catherine Perry, Bronx, NY , 11-06-14 ( Reply) No! You don't, they are already soaked.
- Natalie Immel, Asheville, NC , 11-07-14 ( Reply) This is delicious. I used Mung beans instead of chick peas.
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