Sprouted Mung Bean & Rice With Coconut Flakes |
| 1/2 c | |
| 3 c | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 inch | |
| 1/2 c | |
| 1/4 tsp |
Soak the mung beans overnight in water. Drain and cover. Let sit until evening or until the beans have begun to sprout.
Bring the water to a boil and add mung beans. Cook until the beans start to get tender (about 1 hour). Add rice and remaining ingredients and cook until rice is tender.
For faster cooking time put the mung beans in the food processor before cooking and give a few short bursts to split to beans.
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Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Water, Mung Bean, Salt (Mineral Salt), Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Basmati Rice, Ginger (Fresh), Mung Bean
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Basmati Rice, Water, Mung Bean, Raw Sugar, Sunflower Oil
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Coconut Flakes, Raw Sugar
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.
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Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
MILD 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: Ginger (Fresh)
MILD QUENCHES-THIRST An herb or substance that relieves thirst.
Active Ingredients: Water
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh), Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD RELIEVES-BURNING Herbs that soothe a burn or reduce an internal burning sensation, such as aloe vera.
Active Ingredients: Water
MILD WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Raw Sugar
STRONG BRAIN-TONIC An herb that strengthens the brain and thereby enhances memory or other cognitive functions and improves mental stamina or stability.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Mung Bean
MILD REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Basmati Rice, Mung Bean, Sunflower Oil, Raw Sugar
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: Coconut Flakes, Sunflower Oil
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper
STRONG IRRITATES-THROAT Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Black Pepper, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Ginger (Fresh)
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: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh)
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: Black Pepper, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
MILD 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: Mung Bean
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Coconut Flakes, Sunflower Oil
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Raw Sugar
MILD TANNINS Active Ingredients: Mung Bean
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Mung Bean
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
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: Mung Bean
MILD PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Mung Bean
MILD PHYTATES Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.
Active Ingredients: Mung Bean
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach 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 8 kids live in Asheville, NC
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