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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Smoked Tomato Rice With Cumin


How to Make Smoked Tomato Rice with Cumin

INGREDIENTS

1 tsp
1/3 c
1/4 whole
2 pinch
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Smoked tomatoes can be hard to find - if that's the case then roast your own tomato by putting it directly over the flame of a gas stove until soft. The skin will turn black. That's okay.

When the tomato is ready peel off the black skin and chop. Boil 1.5 c water. Add the rice, tomato, salt, and cumin and return to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer. After twenty minutes or when rice is soft, remove from stove and garnish with the olive oil.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Basmati rice is tridoshic - especially with warming spices. Tomatoes can overheat Pitta and lower kidney energy in Vata - but here one dried tomato infuses the whole pot savory and delicious - depending on your dosha making their effect minimum.

WHAT IS SMOKED TOMATO RICE WITH CUMIN?

The apache plumes of the desert have gone to seed. Sunsets are still red, the chilis hanging on our neighbors porch are dry. The tumbleweeds are attached to their stalks but getting ready to take flight. But we've left Albuquerque behind. Here in beautiful Fairfield, Iowa, at Grover and Marie's permaculture farm, we're cooking smokey tomatoes and cumin into our savory rice. Simple, warm, white but tastes red

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 Smoked Tomato Rice with Cumin Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?

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Metabolic Nature of Smoked Tomato Rice with Cumin

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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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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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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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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

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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
Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating 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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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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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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Other

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.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Smoked Tomato Rice with Cumin
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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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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Sialogogue

SIALOGOGUE

A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a lesser degree. Astringents.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Stool Softener

STOOL-SOFTENER

Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Satisfies Stomach

SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

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

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Decongestant

DECONGESTANT

An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.

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Antioxidant

ANTIOXIDANT

An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.

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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.

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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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Aphrodisiac

APHRODISIAC

Herbs that increase sexual arousal through various actions including increased circulation, relaxation, stimulation, or tonics that strengthen glandular health.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Smoked Tomato Rice with Cumin

  • Salt (Mineral Salt)

    Salt (Mineral Salt) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Soothes-throat, Flushes-sinuses, Stool-softener, Cholagogue, Sialogogue, Strengthens-resolve

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  • Mango

    Mango has these Actions in Common

    Sialogogue, Aphrodisiac, Soothes-throat, Diuretic, Stool-softener, Antioxidant

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  • Grape

    Grape has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Stool-softener, Antioxidant, Quenches-thirst, Aphrodisiac, Sialogogue

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Decongestant, Sialogogue, Digestive, Stool-softener, Cholagogue, Quenches-thirst

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  • Tomato

    Tomato has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Antioxidant, Sialogogue, Aphrodisiac, Stool-softener

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Stool-softener, Quenches-thirst, Cholagogue, Sialogogue

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses

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  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Decongestant, Soothes-throat, Digestive

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  • Garlic (raw)

    Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Cholagogue, Flushes-sinuses, Decongestant, Aphrodisiac

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses, Digestive, Strengthens-resolve

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Strengthens-resolve, Diuretic, Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Smoked Tomato Rice with Cumin

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Digestive, Quenches-thirst, Sialogogue, Stool-softener, Antioxidant

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  • Agrimony

    Agrimony has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Cholagogue, Decongestant, Diuretic

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  • Triphala

    Triphala has these Actions in Common

    Stool-softener, Digestive, Diuretic, Sialogogue

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  • Nagaradi Kashaya (Amruthotharam)

    Nagaradi Kashaya (Amruthotharam) has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Stool-softener, Antioxidant, Cholagogue

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  • Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam)

    Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam) has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Quenches-thirst

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  • Saw Palmetto

    Saw Palmetto has these Actions in Common

    Aphrodisiac, Digestive, Diuretic, Soothes-throat

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  • Haritaki

    Haritaki has these Actions in Common

    Stool-softener, Digestive, Diuretic, Sialogogue

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  • Goldenseal

    Goldenseal has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Decongestant, Digestive, Diuretic

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic, Strengthens-resolve

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  • Punarnasava

    Punarnasava has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Cholagogue, Diuretic

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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. John, his wife Natalie and their 7 kids live in Asheville, NC

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