Potato Latkes |
| 1/4 c | |
| 4 whole | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 2 whole | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 2 tbsp |
1. Grate your potatoes in a cheese grater. Place in a sieve over a bowl and let the water drain for 15 minutes. Pour off excess liquid.
2. Mix in the chopped shallots, eggs, flour, salt and pepper.
3. Heat 1/4 inch of oil over medium high heat in a large frying pan. Fry scoops of potato mix that make pancakes about 3-4 inches in diameter. Fry for 3-4 minutes, then flip. When the edges are crispy and the whole latke is golden on both sides, they are ready to eat!
4. Serve with applesauce or sour cream or cottage cheese mixed with sour cream. Garnish with chopped chives.
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Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Spelt Flour
Active Ingredients: Potato, Eggs, Spelt Flour
Active Ingredients: Potato, Eggs, Spelt Flour
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: Salt (Mineral Salt), Spelt Flour
Active Ingredients: Sunflower Oil, Eggs
STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.
Active Ingredients: Potato, Spelt Flour
STRONG NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
Active Ingredients: Potato
MILD STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.
Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG SEDATIVE Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.
Active Ingredients: Potato, Spelt Flour
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Potato, Eggs, Spelt Flour
MILD BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Eggs
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Potato, Sunflower Oil, Eggs, Spelt Flour
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
Active Ingredients: Potato, Spelt Flour
STRONG FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
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: Black Pepper
STRONG CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Potato, Spelt Flour
STRONG PHOSPHOROUS Active Ingredients: Potato, Eggs
STRONG POTASSIUM Active Ingredients: Potato
STRONG SOLUBLE-FIBER Active Ingredients: Potato
STRONG VITAMIN-C Active Ingredients: Potato
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: Eggs, Spelt Flour
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Shallots
MILD SULPHUR Active Ingredients: Shallots
MILD PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Eggs
MILD NITRIC-OXIDE Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
Active Ingredients: Shallots
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