Sweet Lime Pickle |
| 6 whole | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 2 tsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 inch | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/4 tsp |
Boil the limes till cooked and cooled. Squeeze the juice. Grind skins in a food processor with salt, chilies, ginger, and cumin. Mix with sugar and lime juice. Traditional recipe calls for jaggery. Fry remaining spices in oil. Combine with lime mixture. Eat immediately, or let sit for several days so that the flavor is more evenly distributed.
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Active Ingredients: Lime, Cumin, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Green Chilis, Salt (Mineral Salt), Ginger (Fresh), Hing (Asafoetida)
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Green Chilis, Fenugreek, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Ginger (Fresh), Hing (Asafoetida)
Active Ingredients: Lime, Cumin, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Green Chilis, Hing (Asafoetida), Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Lime, Cumin, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Green Chilis, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Lime
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Fenugreek, Hing (Asafoetida), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
Active Ingredients: Green Chilis, Cumin, Salt (Mineral Salt), Hing (Asafoetida), Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Fenugreek, Mustard Powder
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.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Fenugreek, Hing (Asafoetida), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
Active Ingredients: Lime
MILD WARMS-ABDOMEN Warms the muscles and organs of the abdomen, stimulating digestion and metabolism.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD NAUSEATING Brings about feelings of unease and discomfort in the stomach, often accompanied with the involuntary urge to vomit.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Cumin, Green Chilis, Ginger (Fresh), Salt (Mineral Salt), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Hing (Asafoetida), Fenugreek
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt), Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Hing (Asafoetida), Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Fenugreek
STRONG APPETIZER Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG GENERAL-LAXATIVE Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Green Chilis, Fenugreek, Hing (Asafoetida), Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Raw Sugar, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Ginger (Fresh)
MILD STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.
Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD MAKES-YOU-TIRED Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.
Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar
MILD MAKES-JITTERY Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar
STRONG REFRESHING Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Ginger (Fresh)
Active Ingredients: Hing (Asafoetida), Fenugreek, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Ginger (Fresh)
STRONG DIAPHORETIC An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Fenugreek
Active Ingredients: Green Chilis, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Ginger (Fresh)
MILD WARMS-CHEST Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD CLEARS-SINUSES Cleanses sinuses by draining excess mucus, allowing for clear, easy breathing.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD FLUSHES-SINUSES An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG EXPECTORANT Expectorants help you eliminate mucus from the lungs. These herbs often work by increasing the quantity of mucus, or thinning the mucus. Expectorants are indicated when phlegm congests the lower respiratory tract.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Hing (Asafoetida), Fenugreek
STRONG FLUSHES-MEMBRANES Herbs in this category stimulate mucus membranes to release fluids, flushing them out.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Green Chilis, Ginger (Fresh), Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD WARMS-HEAD An herb that increases sensations of heat and warmth in the head.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD WARMS-EARS Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
Active Ingredients: Lime
STRONG 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: Cumin, Fenugreek, Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Salt (Mineral Salt), Fenugreek
MILD RELIEVES-TENSION An herb that releases tightness, constriction, and rigidity in a muscle.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
MILD MUSCLE-RELAXANT Herbs that relax muscles. Helpful for chronic pain or tension as well as healing from physical trauma.
Active Ingredients: Mustard Seed, Mustard Powder
STRONG 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.
Active Ingredients: Lime
STRONG AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Lime, Green Chilis
Active Ingredients: Lime
Active Ingredients: Lime
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar
John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.
John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & 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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