Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

Nutrition & Herbs from Ayurveda & Greek Medicine

 

AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Savory Corn Pancakes


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How to Make Savory Corn Pancakes

INGREDIENTS

1 tbsp
1 tbsp
1 tsp
1 c
1/2 tsp
1/2 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. Grind cumin and chipotle in coffee grinder. Place in a mixing bowl with salt.

2. Boil 1c water, and pour over spices and salt. Add vinegar.

3. Add masa and knead until thoroughly mixed and uniform texture.

4. Pull off golfball sized balls of dough, and flatten with a rolling pin from 1/8 to 1/4" thick depending upon preference.

5. Heat pan with ghee. Fry and serve.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL & METABOLIC INSIGHTS

Begin your spring morning right with Savory Corn Pancakes. Moist and hearty, accented with smoky-sharp chipotle and cumin, these rustic pancakes will make you smile first thing in the morning. A dash of apple cider vinegar gives soothing moisture to the grainy texture for a hearty, satisfying breakfast of champions!

Variations of corn flour pancakes are found throughout traditional cuisine of Central and South America, from the arepas of Colombia to Salvadorian pupusas. Their enlivening flavor is a tried and true recipe for a great day in many countries. One taste of these nourishing cakes will leave you wishing you discovered them years ago.

Steamy Spring

Savory Corn Pancakes are an ideal hearty breakfast for spring. Corn is the preferred grain in spring because of its mild diuretic properties, counteracting the dampness of spring. Cumin and chipotle heat up and dry your body in early spring to help you prepare for warmer weather ahead, effectively mimicking a hot cedar sauna. Its drying effect is useful for any spring dampness and excessive wetness in the body, such as mold allergies and congested lung conditions. They absorb fluids from the large intestine helping to bind loose stool.

Weight Loss Pancakes

Savory Corn Pancakes will fill you up without weighing you down. One of the toughest obstacles while trying to lose weight is debunking the misconception that you must be hungry in order to succeed. Not so- by satisfying your appetite while improving your metabolism, these pancakes are a recipe for success! Often used for weight loss, apple cider vinegar strongly increases the flow of bile. Bile is a fatty, oily substance made by the liver, and stored in the gallbladder. It helps you digest fats. Since bile is also a fatty oily substance, draining bile from the liver to the small intestine pulls fats out of the blood. Chipolte and cumin turn your digestive fire into a nice hot blaze, boosting your metabolism of fats. Please feel free to enjoy any and all benefits of this hearty breakfast!
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Metabolic Impact of Savory Corn Pancakes

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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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cumin, Salt (Mineral Salt), Chipotle Chili, Apple Cider Vinegar

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

Active Ingredients: Apple Cider Vinegar, Cumin, Chipotle Chili

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HOT

ABOUT HOT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot is identified by increased body temperature, metabolism, or inflammation.

Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt), Apple Cider Vinegar, Masa

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili, Ghee, Apple Cider Vinegar

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

Active Ingredients: Apple Cider Vinegar, Chipotle Chili

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

Active Ingredients: Cumin, Masa

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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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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes and is laxative, and drying.

Active Ingredients: Cumin

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PUNGENT

ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.

Active Ingredients: Cumin, Salt (Mineral Salt), Chipotle Chili

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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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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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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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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: Cumin

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Downward

DOWNWARD

Downward-moving (Adho Gati Marga) substances move food downward in the GI tract, settle the nervous system, and relax muscles.

Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)

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Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

Active Ingredients: Masa, Ghee

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Fat

MILD FAT

Fat tissue (Meda Dhatu) includes adipose tissue and sebum (skin oil).

Active Ingredients: Ghee

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Savory Corn Pancakes
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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Cardiac Stimulant

MILD 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: Chipotle Chili

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Diuretic

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: Cumin, Masa

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Constituents:
Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Chipotle Chili, Masa

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Sodium

MILD SODIUM

Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)

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    Spanish Black Radish has these Actions in Common

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  • Celery Seed

    Celery Seed has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant

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  • Nigella (black cumin)

    Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Horseradish

    Horseradish has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Wasabi

    Wasabi has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Cloves

    Cloves has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Basil (Fresh)

    Basil (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant

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    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

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  • Garlic (raw)

    Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Metabolic Impact to Savory Corn Pancakes

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    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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    Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common

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    Elecampane has these Actions in Common

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

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  • Spikenard

    Spikenard has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

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  • Cereus, Night Blooming Cactus

    Cereus, Night Blooming Cactus has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic

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  • Elder flower

    Elder flower has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Diaphoretic

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  • Mustard Poultice

    Mustard Poultice has these Actions in Common

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  • Hot Foot Soak

    Hot Foot Soak has these Actions in Common

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  • Cumin, Coriander, Fennel Tea

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Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Savory Corn Pancakes 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.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Savory Corn Pancakes 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.

Herb Drug Interaction Risk

Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Savory Corn Pancakes. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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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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Comments & Questions About 'Savory Corn Pancakes'

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Larissa Demalteris Golden, CO
2015-04-18
“very rustic tasting!"
Rebecca Melville Birmingham, AL
2015-11-22
“LOVED this recipe. So happy I tried it!"
Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2017-03-13
“Masa flour is ideal. You can usually find it at Mexican grocery stores or in the ethnic foods aisle of mainstream grocery stores."
Kimberly Kubicke Asbury park, NJ
2019-02-21
“Masa is corn flour. Please use 1 cup of masa for the recipe."
Crystal Garland Tucson, AZ
2019-10-19
“Taste is very good. It's like having a meatless tamale for breakfast! I followed the directions to a "t" and had to add more Masa for the consistency to work - that was the only "issue" I had. I can't think of anything that would improve the flavor. I'll definitely be making again."
Crystal Garland Tucson, AZ
2019-10-19
“Taste is very good. It's like having a meatless tamale for breakfast! I followed the directions to a "t" and had to add more Masa for the consistency to work - that was the only "issue" I had. I can't think of anything that would improve the flavor. I'll definitely be making again."
sarah New york, NY
2021-04-13
“Hi there - does anyone know whether I could use polenta instead of masa? Thanks :)"
Katie Clinton Ferndale, sligo, AL
2021-04-14
“You could try polenta as it has a similar texture - be sure to let us know how it goes!!"
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