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How to Make Stuffed Grape Leaves (dolma)SERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 60 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
| 16 leaves | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 whole | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Chop raisins, walnuts, and parsley finely. Bring 3c water to a boil. Add all ingredients except grape leaves and half of the olive oil. Return to boil and lower heat. When rice is tender stuff into grape leaves making a cylinder. Pack tightly in a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and bake forty minutes.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Pitta provoking due to acidic vinegar, lemon, and heating parsley. WHAT IS STUFFED GRAPE LEAVES (DOLMA)?Flavorful rice wrapped in a grape leaf then baked. From the Greek Mediterranean.
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Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature.
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Functional Ayurveda helps you assess imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(gunas).
Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick.
Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
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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 refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.
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Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.
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According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
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The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
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Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
Anabolic individuals tend to store energy as body mass. If they store too much energy, they could gain weight easily and have congestion. Anabolic people tend to be stable and grounded.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Stuffed Grape Leaves (dolma) ![Help]() 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.
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.
SEE ALL 'CARDIAC-STIMULANT' FOODS / HERBS , Calms Heart 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.'
SEE ALL 'CALMS-HEART' FOODS / HERBS , Alterative ALTERATIVE
Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.
SEE ALL 'ALTERATIVE' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'CHOLAGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS , Livotonic 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.
SEE ALL 'LIVOTONIC' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Tannins, , , Fats, Rutin RUTIN
Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.
SEE ALL 'RUTIN' FOODS / HERBS , Alpha Linolenic Acid, Carbohydrate, Flavonoids FLAVONOIDS
Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
SEE ALL 'FLAVONOIDS' FOODS / HERBS , Protein, Essential Fatty Acids, Phytates 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.
SEE ALL 'PHYTATES' FOODS / HERBS , Melatonin, Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
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Foods with a Similar Nature to Stuffed Grape Leaves (dolma)
Lemon
Lemon has these Actions in Common
Digestive, Quenches-thirst, Relaxes-eyes, Cholagogue, Flushes-membranes, Refreshes-skin, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Refreshing, Calms-heart
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Acai
Acai has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Alterative, General-laxative, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Appetite-suppressant, Livotonic, Refreshing
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Lime
Lime has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Flushes-membranes, Refreshing, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive, Quenches-thirst
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Wasabi
Wasabi has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Refreshing
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Horseradish
Horseradish has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Refreshing, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up
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Strawberries
Strawberries has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Livotonic, Relaxes-eyes, Digestive, Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, General-laxative, Refreshing
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Daikon Radish
Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Diuretic, Refreshing, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative
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Burdock Root (Gobo)
Burdock Root (Gobo) has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Diuretic, Nutritive, Cholagogue, General-laxative, Diaphoretic, Livotonic
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Red Wine Vinegar
Red Wine Vinegar has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Diaphoretic, Livotonic, Appetite-suppressant, Flushes-membranes, Cholagogue, General-laxative
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Honey Dew
Honey Dew has these Actions in Common
Appetite-suppressant, Nutritive, Relaxes-eyes, Diuretic, Quenches-thirst, Livotonic, Refreshing
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White Vinegar
White Vinegar has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, General-laxative, Alterative, Diaphoretic, Livotonic, Appetite-suppressant, Flushes-membranes
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Stuffed Grape Leaves (dolma)
Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Relaxes-eyes, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative, Nutritive
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Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Builds-stamina
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)
Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)
Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative
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Regular exercise
Regular exercise has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant
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External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)
External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Builds-stamina, Digestive, General-laxative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up
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Bhumyamalaki
Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common
Alterative, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic, General-laxative, Livotonic
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Shilajit Tonic
Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Alterative, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Digestive
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Sniff raw onions, chopped
Sniff raw onions, chopped has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Flushes-membranes, Flushes-sinuses, Refreshing
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Triphala
Triphala has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Flushes-membranes, General-laxative, Alterative, Digestive
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