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1. Dry roast the cumin and mustard seeds until they begin to pop.
2. In a separate pot, roast rice and cashews in the ghee until slightly browned.
3. Add 2c water and spices then bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 25 minutes.
4. Add the peas and continue simmering another 10 minutes or until rice is tender.
5. Squeeze lemon juice over the rice and carefully transfer to another bowl. Be careful not to stir the rice, or the grains will break.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
The buttery rice and sweet peas are complemented by lemon's sourness. Cumin adds a savory note to the luxurious feel. This simple yet exotic dish is topped with crunchy roasted cashews. This is a satisfying dish that feels good in the body.
Comforting and soothing
The sweetness of the rice, ghee and sweet peas and the 'deep flavored' cashews make it comforting to eat, and satisfying. On a rainy day in Fall, this dish will comfort and soothe you. This dish is easy to make, you don't need much time and you might already have most of the ingredients in your kitchen.
Ojas building
Rice, cashews and ghee are all ojas building foods. They are sweet in taste and heavy and oily in quality. Ojas builds resiliency and longevity and is perfect for Vata people.
Lubricates, relieves dryness
Ghee is the perfect lubricator, it oils the body from the inside out and has many health properties (you could add a link to a ghee article). The sour taste from the lemon juice helps the body excrete fluids into the digestive organs, which helps to relieve dryness. The salt in this dish helps to retain water in your body.
Balanced for Easy Digestion
The spices cumin, turmeric and mustard seeds will aid with digestion. Cashews are heavy in quality and can be more difficult to digest. Cumin, turmeric and mustard seeds are all pungent spices and will bring more blood flow to your digestive organs. Cumin also stimulates peristalsis due to its bitter and aromatic qualities.
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 Lemon Rice with Cashews, Peas, Ghee & Cumin Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
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You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Lemon Rice with Cashews, Peas, Ghee & Cumin' is a good fit.
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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.
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.
Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?
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.
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Lemon Rice with Cashews, Peas, Ghee & Cumin
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.
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.
An herb that softens stool that is hard and difficult to pass. They are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Some foods are even stool softeners, such as warm milk with ghee.
Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
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.
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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Here is a link to Kapha reducing recipes - https://www.joyfulbelly.com/Ayurveda/recipes/dosha/Kapha?lnk=326Every ingredient in the recipe doesn't have to be ok for Kapha for it to be a Kapha reducing recipe. It's the combination and synergy of ingredients that make it Kapha reducing.
- Kimberly Kubicke, Asbury park, NJ, 06-27-16 (Reply)
A wonderful refreshing rice dish. The instructions are a bit unclear so I made this in the instapot. I sauted the cumin, mustard seeds and turmeric without any liquid then added to them the ghee and coated the rice with the mixture. I added some salt and water and turned the instapot on to the rice setting. when it was finished (12min) i quick released it and added the peas. I let it sit for 5mins. I then added the ghee roasted cashews and combined it all. Before serving I added the lemon juice. I ended up adding juice of 3 lemons and then adjusted the seasoning. It was served over red lettuce and arugula . Big hit at the office lunch today!
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