Ginger Dal |
| 16 g | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 3 inch | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 whole | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 2 pinch |
1. Soak your toor dal overnight.
2. In a large saucepan with a thick, heavy bottom bring toor dal and green chilies to a boil in 1 quart of water. Cook for 30 minutes to an hour when they are completely soft. Mash dal and green chilies.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan and sautee cumin, mustard, and fennel seeds with dry red chili, cilantro and chopped ginger.
4. Add spices and turmeric to above mashed dal. Squeeze tomatoes with hand directly over dal. Add some water to create a thin soup consistency. Adjust salt to taste and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Serve hot with any cooked vegetable dish and rice.
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Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Ginger (Fresh), Cumin, Salt (Mineral Salt), Turmeric, Green Chilis, Red Chilis, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Green Chilis, Red Chilis, Turmeric
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Ginger (Fresh), Cumin, Ghee, Green Chilis, Cilantro, Red Chilis, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Ginger (Fresh), Cumin, Red Chilis, Turmeric, Cilantro, Green Chilis, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Turmeric, Green Chilis, Cumin, Mustard Seed, Salt (Mineral Salt), Red Chilis
Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal), Cumin, Cilantro, Turmeric, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Cumin, Green Chilis, Salt (Mineral Salt), Tomato, Cilantro, Red Chilis, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Cumin, Turmeric, Cilantro
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.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Cumin, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
MILD QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Tomato
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Cumin, Mustard Seed, Turmeric, Cilantro, Fennel Seeds
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Cumin, Green Chilis, Turmeric, Cilantro, Fennel Seeds, Salt (Mineral Salt), Red Chilis
STRONG SIALOGOGUE A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a lesser degree. Astringents.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Tomato, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG STOMACHIC An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Cilantro, Fennel Seeds
MILD RELIEVES-BURNING Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.
Active Ingredients: Ghee
Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal), Tomato
STRONG INTERNAL-DETOXICANT Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Cumin, Turmeric, Cilantro, Green Chilis, Ghee, Red Chilis, Salt (Mineral Salt), Fennel Seeds
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Cumin, Cilantro, Green Chilis, Turmeric, Fennel Seeds, Red Chilis
STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Cilantro, Fennel Seeds
STRONG REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Cilantro
MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal)
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Green Chilis, Red Chilis
STRONG WARMS-CHEST Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Turmeric
STRONG FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Turmeric, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Turmeric, Cilantro
STRONG ANTIMICROBIAL An agent that kills microorganisms or inhibits their growth. Antimicrobial is an umbrella term that can be broken down into specific categories of target microorganism, such as anti-bacterials, fungals, and virals.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Cumin, Turmeric, Fennel Seeds, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG ANTHELMINTHIC Kills parasitic worms (hookworms, tapeworms, roundworms, etc).
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Turmeric
STRONG CARDIAC-STIMULANT Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Green Chilis, Red Chilis, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Turmeric
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Cumin, Cilantro, Fennel Seeds
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Turmeric, Cilantro, Ghee, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG GALACTAGOGUE Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Cumin, Fennel Seeds
STRONG ANTIARTHRITIC Herbs that ease arthritic pain and promote joint health.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Turmeric
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Fennel Seeds
Active Ingredients: Green Chilis, Cilantro, Red Chilis
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Turmeric
MILD 5A-REDUCTASE-INHIBITOR Active Ingredients: Turmeric
MILD COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Cilantro, Fennel Seeds
MILD PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal)
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Ghee
MILD VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Tomato
MILD VITAMIN-K Active Ingredients: Tomato
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal)
MILD QUERCITIN Active Ingredients: Tomato
MILD POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Tomato
MILD 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.
Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal)
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Yellow Lentil (Toor Dal)
MILD MELATONIN Active Ingredients: Tomato
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach 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. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC
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