Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Roasted Pears & Raisins


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How to Make Roasted Pears & Raisins

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1/4 c
4 whole
1/2 tsp
1/2 tsp
1/2 tsp
2 tbsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Preheat oven to 350. Powder the spices in a coffee grinder or pulverize with a mortar and pestle. Peel and halve the pears, slicing out the core. Place pears in a baking pan. Add 1/4c of water. Sprinkle with spices and raisins. Bake, covered, for one hour or until pears are tender. Uncover, sprinkle rolled oats and, optionally, pecans. Broil for five minutes for a grilled effect.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

A delicious dessert for all doshas. With so few choices to satisfy a Kapha sweet tooth, roasted pears offer a rare reprieve. The spices enhance the sweetness and stimulate a sluggish winter metabolism. Cloves directly stimulate blood flow to the extremities, revitalizing the muscles, brightening and moistening the skin.

WHAT IS ROASTED PEARS & RAISINS?

Roasted pears are warm and cozy for cold winter nights. Perfectly wholesome and tasty for a holiday dessert. Learn about about a winter diet in Ayurveda.

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Metabolic Impact of Roasted Pears & Raisins

Classical Metabolic Theory uses biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic impact of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC IMPACT / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Impact / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). 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.

Active Ingredients: Cloves, Cinnamon, Star Anise

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon, Oats / Oatmeal

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

Active Ingredients: Cloves, Cinnamon, Oats / Oatmeal

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

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?

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.

Active Ingredients: Cloves, Pears, Cinnamon

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (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
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
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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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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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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Other Health Virtues

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.

Active Ingredients: Cloves, Cinnamon, Star Anise

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Acrid

ACRID

Harsh and unpleasant with a biting quality. Frequently hot & bitter. Examples include radish, turnip, and coffee.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Roasted Pears & Raisins
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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Warms Abdomen

WARMS-ABDOMEN

Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Pears

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Carminative

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: Cloves, Cinnamon, Oats / Oatmeal

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Appetizer

MILD APPETIZER

Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Relieves Burning

MILD RELIEVES-BURNING

Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.

Active Ingredients: Pears, Oats / Oatmeal

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Numbs Anasthetic

STRONG NUMBS-ANASTHETIC

Inhibits sensation in a particular area.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

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: Cloves

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon, Raisins

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Refreshing

MILD REFRESHING

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

Active Ingredients: Pears

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Diaphoretic

STRONG DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cloves, Cinnamon

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Soothing

MILD SOOTHING

Calms and alleviates irritation, discomfort or pain in a particular region.

Active Ingredients: Pears

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Warms Chest

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: Cloves, Cinnamon

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

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

Active Ingredients: Pears, Cinnamon

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Irritates Throat

MILD IRRITATES-THROAT

Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Cardiac Stimulant

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: Cloves, Cinnamon, Star Anise

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Warms Ears

WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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Warms Head

WARMS-HEAD

An herb that increases sensations of heat and warmth in the head.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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Calms Heart

MILD 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.'

Active Ingredients: Pears

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Vasodilator

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: Cloves, Star Anise

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Galactagogue

MILD GALACTAGOGUE

Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Emmenagogue

MILD EMMENAGOGUE

Herbs which stimulate menstruation. Emmenagogues are used for scanty menstruation, to relieve menstrual pain, and improve blood flow in the pelvic area and uterus.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Antispasmodic

STRONG ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

Active Ingredients: Cloves

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Constituents:
Catechins

MILD CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

Active Ingredients: Pears

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Coumarin

MILD COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

Active Ingredients: Cinnamon

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Inositol

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: Pears, Oats / Oatmeal

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Soluble Fiber

MILD SOLUBLE-FIBER

Active Ingredients: Raisins, Oats / Oatmeal

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Foods with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Roasted Pears & Raisins

  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Vasodilator, Warms-ears, Carminative, Irritates-throat, Warms-abdomen, Warms-head, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Vasodilator, Warms-ears, Carminative, Irritates-throat, Warms-abdomen, Warms-head

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Vasodilator, Warms-ears, Carminative, Irritates-throat, Warms-abdomen, Warms-head, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest

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  • Cloves

    Cloves has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Warms-abdomen, Warms-head, Carminative, Numbs-anasthetic, Warms-chest, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Warms-ears

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  • Allspice

    Allspice has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Irritates-throat, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Numbs-anasthetic, Warms-chest, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Warms-head

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  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Emmenagogue, Soothes-throat, Carminative, Galactagogue, Stimulates-energy

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  • Basil (Fresh)

    Basil (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Vasodilator, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Galactagogue, Warms-head

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  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Irritates-throat, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Refreshing, Appetizer, Galactagogue, Stimulates-energy

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Vasodilator, Carminative, Irritates-throat, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Galactagogue

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  • Ginger (Dried)

    Ginger (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Appetizer, Irritates-throat, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Warms-ears

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Appetizer, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Calms-heart, Quenches-thirst, Vasodilator, Carminative

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Roasted Pears & Raisins

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Emmenagogue, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Appetizer, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic, Warms-head

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Warms-chest

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Warms-head, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Warms-ears

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  • Pennyroyal

    Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Emmenagogue, Numbs-anasthetic, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Appetizer

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  • Trikatu

    Trikatu has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Irritates-throat, Vasodilator, Warms-abdomen

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  • Dong Quai

    Dong Quai has these Actions in Common

    Emmenagogue, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Calms-heart, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative

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  • Hot Shower

    Hot Shower has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Warms-head, Antispasmodic

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  • Tips for the Perfect Hot Bath

    Tips for the Perfect Hot Bath has these Actions in Common

    Warms-head, Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Warms-chest

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  • Epsom Salt Bath

    Epsom Salt Bath has these Actions in Common

    Vasodilator, Warms-chest, Warms-head, Antispasmodic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Irritates-throat, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy

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  • Hyssop Powder

    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Diaphoretic

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Roasted Pears & Raisins may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any recipe for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly & Magnolia Hill College, offers professional clinical training in personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, classical Christian philosophy for mental wellness, languages (French, Arabic, Bengali), cooking & 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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“Yes, Kapha imbalance is related to SAD. Ayourved would address with both UV light, and also Kapha pacifying herbs like turmeric, cloves, vinegar, cardamom, and vacha."
“See Preparation above: "Preheat oven to 350. Powder the spices in a coffee grinder or pulverize with a mortar and pestle." All together! Happy New Year! "
Lydia Gomes
2024-01-20
“This is a perfect light dessert."
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