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Sesame Seed Treats With Ginger & Ghee


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How to Make Sesame Seed Treats with Ginger & Ghee

INGREDIENTS

2 tbsp
2 tsp
2 tbsp
1/4 tsp

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

1. Chill the ghee and sesame.

2. Place sugar into a small pot with 1/4c water. Boil the syrup down to 1 tbsp.

3. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients.

4. Mix thoroughly and scoop into tablespoon sized balls. If the ghee is too soft, place the mixture in freezer for fifteen minutes before making into balls. Shown here garnished with a sliver of almond.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Rich and decadent to the tastes, this nutty morsel even delivers a delightful ginger zing. Don't let their small size fool you- this sweet treat is heavy and filling, making it a perfect small dessert or an energy packed bite on the hiking trails.

Warm up Your Winter

Sesame combines with ginger to warm you to your core on a cold night. Those who fear the bone-chilling temperature drop of winter will find great comfort in this healing dessert. Does it feel impossible to shake the icy cold? Sesame builds body heat and reinforces the blood - especially when mixed with a warming, stimulating pinch of ginger.

Renewed Energy and Strength

Ayurveda knows sesame is a strengthener. Its luscious, unctuous nature fortifies immunity, protects those with debility, and deeply feeds bodily tissue. Feel strong and vital through the cold months with this powerful treat. Feeling tired and dry from autumn until spring means that your body is exhausted and depleted. If this is the case, sesame seeds may be the food medicine for you! Their luscious, unctuous nature fortifies immunity, protects those with debility and deeply feeds bodily tissue. In Chinese Medicine, sesame seeds are said to invigorate the kidneys and adrenals, so those who feel rundown and exhausted will feel deeply replenished. They strengthen bones and teeth. The heavy, heartiness of sesame is balanced by ginger. Ginger ignites your digestive fire, so those with delicate digestion will be able to feel the full effect of strengthening sesame.

Recipe for Revitalization

In Ayurveda, when a food contains deeply nourishing qualities, it is called a rejuvenative, or rasayana. Sesame Seed Treats with Ginger Ghee have more than their fair share of rejuvenative ingredients. Sesame seeds and ghee both renew and replenish your body. Sesame promotes milk production in women, while sesame and ghee both energize the reproductive organs of women and men. These tiny seeds strengthen your bones and muscles. On an emotional level, they are even said to ignite your willpower.

Nerve Tonic

The seeds' high oil content lubricates and protects tissues, stabilizing with richness. A diet rich in sesame will moisturize the hair and skin. Suffer from constipation, or dry, pellet-like stool? The warming nature of sesame will promote better digestion and help lubricate the intestines. Ghee augments the richness of this recipe.

Sesame Spotlight

Sesame is native to sub- Saharan Africa and India. The golden or black sesame seed can miraculously grow in drought conditions. Ayurvedic knowledge says that the sesame's survivor nature imparts a special strength to those who use it for medicine.

Open Sesame

"Open sesame" was the secret password in the medieval Arabic adventure tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. These magic words revealed a cave rich with treasures hidden by thieves. Sesame seeds and oil are a food treasure rich with myriad health benefits and the secret ingredient of many delicious recipes, making it easy to see how sesame became the essential password. History is rife with exaltations of this nutty seed. Assyrian legend says that sesame wine inspired gods to create the Earth. Romans ate the seeds mixed with honey for valor in battle; the women of ancient Babylon ate the same mixture to preserve youth and beauty. "Open sesame" may become your own personal password on the path to your most healthful self.

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 Sesame Seed Treats with Ginger & Ghee Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

Find out by taking this free, easy quiz. You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Sesame Seed Treats with Ginger & Ghee' is a good fit. Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.

Metabolic Nature of Sesame Seed Treats with Ginger & Ghee

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). 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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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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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
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha 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
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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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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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot & moist. Full-blooded, vigorous. Vivacious, social, and epicurean. Bullish.

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AGGRAVATES
PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Sesame Seed Treats with Ginger & Ghee
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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Appetizer

APPETIZER

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

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Relieves Burning

RELIEVES-BURNING

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

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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, Makes Jittery,
Makes You Tired

MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

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.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

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

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Warms Chest

WARMS-CHEST

Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.

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Warms Ears

WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

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Cardiac Stimulant

CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

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Vasodilator

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.

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Cholagogue

CHOLAGOGUE

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.

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Promotes Virility

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

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Builds Semen

BUILDS-SEMEN

Herbs that increase the production of semen, often by rebuilding fluids in general.

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Promotes Fertility

PROMOTES-FERTILITY

An herb that promotes fertility. Generally used by women who wish to become pregnant. These herbs may also help with menstrual problems of deficiency, such as amenorrhea (lack of a period).

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Muscle Tonic

MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

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Constituents:

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  • Ghee

    Ghee has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Nutritive, Relieves-burning, Cholagogue, Promotes-fertility, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility

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  • Mustard Powder

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  • Mustard

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    Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Warms-ears, Promotes-virility, Wakes-you-up

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Promotes-virility, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Warms-ears

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  • Sesame Seeds

    Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

    Builds-semen, Promotes-fertility, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy

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  • Sesame Oil

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    Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Builds-semen, Promotes-fertility, Tonic

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  • Tahini

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  • Ginger (Dried)

    Ginger (Dried) has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Crystallized Ginger

    Crystallized Ginger has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Beef

    Beef has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Warms-ears, Makes-you-tired, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Warms-chest

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  • Almonds

    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Tonic, Builds-semen, Promotes-virility, Muscle-tonic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Builds-semen, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Promotes-virility

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  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Vasodilator, Builds-semen, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Promotes-virility

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  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

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

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-fertility, Promotes-virility, Relieves-burning, Tonic

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

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

    Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Wakes-you-up, Warms-chest, Warms-ears

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy

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    Promotes-fertility, Relieves-burning, Tonic, Builds-semen, Muscle-tonic, Nutritive

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  • Amalaki

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    Wakes-you-up, Builds-semen, Nutritive, Promotes-virility, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Pennyroyal

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    Appetizer, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator

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About the Author

John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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Riemke Enschede, MO
2010-11-16
“I added 2 tbsp of grated coconut and really like it! The coconut oil made it even more Pitta pacifying too i think."
Noreen McDonough Bristol, VT
2012-12-05
“Would roasting the sesame change its effectiveness?"
“Roasting will increase the 'heat' in the recipe. It will be more warming in the digestive tract. Thanks for asking!"
Leah Portland, OR
2014-10-25
“Is there an easy way to print out just the recipes without all the additional text?"
Larissa Demalteris Golden, CO
2015-11-21
“Would jaggery be a good substitute for sugar? How would it alter the digestive effects if I did so?"
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