Sweet Beet Paste With Fennel, Cardamom & Ginger |
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How to Make Sweet Beet Paste with Fennel, Cardamom & GingerSERVINGS: 2 PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 60 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
1 c | |
1/4 tsp | |
1/4 tsp | |
1/4 tsp | |
2 tbsp | |
1/2 inch | |
2 tbsp | |
2 pinch | |
1/2 c | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Chop and puree the beets with the water and spices. Mix with remaining ingredients in a sauce pot and bring to a boil. Boil on low heat until thick and the oil starts to express itself.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
Beets provoke Kapha. Tubers tend toward heaviness and beets are naturally sweet. Sugar beets, a cultivated variety of the beet we normally find in our grocery store, account for half of the world's refined sugar production. All heavy, Kapha provoking foods should be lightened by spices that make them easier to digest. Otherwise, heavy foods have a tendency to bog and clog the blood.
Raw beets provoke Pitta but cooked beets are Pitta pacifying. Cooked beets transform the starches into sweeter sugars that are cooling. Beets cleanse and cool the blood, nourish the liver, are a gentle laxative, and improve the eyesight. Beets are good for anemia. Beet juice increases stamina and was used as an aphrodisiac in Roman times.
Pureed foods are easier to digest. They are 'pre-chewed.' Babies, convalescing patients, and Vata constitutions have weak digestion. Insufficient chewing of food forces their stomachs to break down larger chunks by acids. While an easy task for a tooth it takes time and effort for acids to penetrate a chunk of food. Pureed beets are thus gentler than diced.
Beets are high in bio-flavonoids. Generally, bio-flavonoids show anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and anti-cancer activity. The body tries to get rid of bio-flavonoids soon after they are eaten. To eliminate them the body activates phase II enzymes that also help eliminate mutagens and carcinogens. WHAT IS SWEET BEET PASTE WITH FENNEL, CARDAMOM & GINGER?Warming, grounding and sweet, Sweet Beet Paste has a luxurious purple sheen and surprising spicy finish. Fennel and cardamom add the true magic. Their aromatic oils lift up the heaviness of the beet root.
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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.
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Is Sweet Beet Paste with Fennel, Cardamom & Ginger Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
Find out by taking this free, easy quiz.
You'll learn your body type, and whether 'Sweet Beet Paste with Fennel, Cardamom & Ginger' is a good fit.
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See a complete list of all biocharacteristics.
INCREASES
Increases These Biocharacteristics (Gunas)
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).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite characteristic.
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| MOBILE ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
LEARN MORE ABOUT MOBILE CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR | 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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| SWEET ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
LEARN MORE ABOUT SWEET | DOSHAS
The Three Doshas / Body Types
According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person.
Your body type summarizes this tendency, showing you the 'type' of conditions and imbalances that frequently challenge your health & wellness.
Using body type, you can also identify remedies likely to improve your strength and resiliency.
Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses.
The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
The 3 functional body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Catabolic individuals tend to break down body mass into energy. They are easily stimulated, hyperactive, underweight and dry.
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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| | HAS THE FOLLOWING | Subtaste:
BlandSTRONG BLAND
Bland means doesn't have much taste. In Chinese medicine, bland taste refers to afood without little macronutrients, such as cabbage, radish or bok choy.
SEE ALL 'BLAND' FOODS / HERBS , 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 Sweet Beet Paste with Fennel, Cardamom & Ginger 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.
, , Carminative CARMINATIVE
Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.
SEE ALL 'CARMINATIVE' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'STOOL-SOFTENER' FOODS / HERBS , , , Makes Jittery, , Nerve Relaxant Grounding NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING
Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
SEE ALL 'NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING' FOODS / HERBS 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.
SEE ALL 'VASODILATOR' FOODS / HERBS , Blood Tonic BLOOD-TONIC
An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
SEE ALL 'BLOOD-TONIC' 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 , Antispasmodic ANTISPASMODIC
Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, hear palpitations, migraine, or IBS.
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Beets
Beets has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, General-laxative, Muscle-relaxant, Satisfies-stomach, Vasodilator, Blood-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Warms-abdomen, Cholagogue, Irritates-kidney, Relaxes-eyes, Stool-softener
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Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Stimulates-energy, Warms-abdomen, Carminative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Decongestant, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Wakes-you-up
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Horseradish
Horseradish has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Warms-abdomen, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Vasodilator
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Daikon Radish
Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Warms-abdomen, Cholagogue, Digestive, General-laxative
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Wasabi
Wasabi has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, General-laxative, Warms-abdomen, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Vasodilator
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Lemon
Lemon has these Actions in Common
Cholagogue, Digestive, Relaxes-eyes, Decongestant, General-laxative, Stool-softener, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up
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Allspice
Allspice has these Actions in Common
Muscle-relaxant, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Stool-softener, Antispasmodic, Decongestant
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Garlic (raw)
Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, General-laxative, Warms-abdomen, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant
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Black Pepper
Black Pepper has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Decongestant, Flushes-sinuses, Blood-tonic, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant
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Ajwain
Ajwain has these Actions in Common
Carminative, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Vasodilator
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Nigella (black cumin)
Nigella (black cumin) has these Actions in Common
Carminative, Diuretic, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Stimulates-energy
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Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant, Antispasmodic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Vasodilator
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Decongestant, Digestive, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Wakes-you-up, Carminative
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Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)
Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)
Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Wakes-you-up
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic
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Belly breathing
Belly breathing has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, General-laxative
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Pennyroyal
Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common
Carminative, Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Cardiac-stimulant
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Dong Quai
Dong Quai has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Vasodilator, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-stimulant, Carminative, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant
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Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Relaxes-eyes, Stimulates-energy, Stool-softener, Blood-tonic, Wakes-you-up, Carminative, Digestive, General-laxative
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Trikatu
Trikatu has these Actions in Common
Carminative, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Vasodilator, Warms-abdomen, Cardiac-stimulant
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John also directs Joyful Belly's School of Ayurveda,
offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.
John's interest in Ayurveda and specialization in digestive tract pathology was inspired by a complex digestive disorder acquired from years of international travel,
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Blood building, grounding, warming and easy to digest, will feel WONDERFUL for postpartum mothers after bleeding has lightened. As beets encourage the flow downward and out of the subdosha of Vata called apana vayu, we must be careful the first 5-10 days after childbirth not to risk increasing bleeding.
- Ysha Oakes, Albuquerque, NM , 06-15-10 ( Reply)
Dear Marinda & Katie,
True Marinda, beets are naturally sweet. Sugar is simply optional and to taste. They actually get sweeter the longer you cook them.
Katie, I eat beets alongside kitchari recipes and kale. There are lots of options!
Best,
-John
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