Saffron Rice With Rose Petals |
| 1/2 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 4 leaves | |
| 2 tsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp |
1. To prepare saffron: Grind saffron in a mortar and pestle. Add a few drops of water and continue grinding until completely mashed. Then soak in two tbsp water for 10 minutes.
2. To prepare rice: Bring 2.5 c water to a boil in a medium saucepan (extra water added to ground Vata) and turn off heat.
3. Roast the chopped almonds on med-high heat for five minutes in a dry frying pan or until browned. After 2 minutes, add the gold raisins. Then, add the rice and roast until slightly browned. Add ghee and stir so that all the rice is lightly coated.
4. Add rice, rose water, saffron water, almonds, cinnamon, cardamom , bay leaf, and raisins to the boiled water. Cover on low heat and let simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is soft and somewhat puffy.
5. Garnish with fresh rose petals.
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Active Ingredients: Almonds, Basmati Rice, Raisins, Rose Water, Ghee, Rose Petals
Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Bay Leaf, Ghee, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Saffron, Bay Leaf, Cardamom, Rose Petals
Active Ingredients: Bay Leaf, Saffron, Cardamom, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Raisins, Basmati Rice, Ghee
Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Almonds, Raisins, Rose Water, Ghee, Cinnamon, Rose Petals
Active Ingredients: Bay Leaf, Saffron, Rose Water, Cinnamon, Rose Petals
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: Bay Leaf, Saffron, Cardamom, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Almonds
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Basmati Rice, Ghee
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Ghee
MILD APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.
Active Ingredients: Rose Petals
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Bay Leaf, Saffron, Cinnamon, Cardamom, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD APPETIZER Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.
Active Ingredients: Cardamom, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Ghee
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: Almonds, Rose Petals
Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Rose Petals
STRONG NERVINE Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Saffron, Rose Water, Cardamom
Active Ingredients: Almonds
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Saffron, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Raisins
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Basmati Rice
Active Ingredients: Almonds
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Saffron, Basmati Rice, Ghee, Raisins
STRONG TONIC A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Ghee, Raisins
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Bay Leaf, Saffron, Cinnamon, Cardamom
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: Rose Water
STRONG BLOOD-TONIC An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Saffron, Raisins
Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cardamom, Cinnamon
STRONG LIVOTONIC An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.
Active Ingredients: Rose Water, Saffron, Ghee, Raisins
STRONG APHRODISIAC Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Rose Water, Saffron, Cinnamon, Rose Petals
STRONG BUILDS-SEMEN Herbs that increase the production of semen, often by rebuilding fluids in general.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Ghee
STRONG PROMOTES-VIRILITY Encourages virility and potency.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Ghee
Active Ingredients: Bay Leaf, Saffron, Cinnamon
MILD GALACTAGOGUE Increases production of breast milk, often by raising prolactin and diaphoresis.
Active Ingredients: Saffron, Cinnamon
Active Ingredients: Almonds
Active Ingredients: Almonds
STRONG MUSCLE-TONIC Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.
Active Ingredients: Almonds, Ghee
STRONG FATS Active Ingredients: Almonds, Ghee
STRONG TANNINS Active Ingredients: Almonds
Active Ingredients: Almonds
Active Ingredients: Almonds
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Saffron
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Saffron
MILD COUMARIN Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.
Active Ingredients: Cinnamon
Saffron Rice with Rose Petals 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.
Saffron Rice with Rose Petals may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms. Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications. Please see your doctor before using this recipe to treat a medical condition.
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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