Sweet Potato Congee With Adzuki & Chipotle |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 2 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1 tsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 c | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 1/2 tsp |
1. If using dry adzuki beans, use 1/3c and soak in water for 24 hours. Strain the water used for soaking and rinse the beans. Add to a pot with fresh water and bring to the boil for about 1 hour or until beans are soft. Alternatively, used canned adzuki beans.
2. Preheat oven to 450F.
3. Thoroughly rinse basmati rice in a strainer.
4. Add to a pot of 6 cups of boiling water with mineral salt.
5. Cook on medium for a minimum of 1 hour, or until the rice is completely broken down, stirring occasionally.
6. Meanwhile, peel and cube sweet potato, and coat in sesame oil and cumin.
7. Roast on a baking tray for 45 minutes.
8. A half hour before the congee is done, add adzuki beans. If you add the adzuki too early, they will be mushy.
9. Serve congee in bowls, and top with roast sweet potato.
10. Garnish with green onion and chipotle.
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Active Ingredients: Cumin, Basmati Rice, Sweet Potato, Tamari, Green Onion, Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Salt (Mineral Salt), Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Sesame Oil, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Sesame Oil, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt)
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).
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Active Ingredients: Cumin
Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
Active Ingredients: Sesame Oil, Adzuki Beans
STRONG RED-BLOOD Red blood (Rakta Dhatu) includes red blood cells and blood vessels.
Active Ingredients: Adzuki Beans, Sweet Potato
STRONG SPLEEN-TONIC An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt), Sweet Potato
Active Ingredients: Cumin
STRONG DIGESTIVE Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD 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: Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG INTERNAL-DETOXICANT Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili, Salt (Mineral Salt)
STRONG BURNS-TOXINS An herb that detoxifies by helping your body metabolize toxins, as opposed to eliminating them.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili
STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.
Active Ingredients: Adzuki Beans, Basmati Rice, Sweet Potato
MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.
Active Ingredients: Sesame Oil
MILD BUILDS-STAMINA Promotes strength, endurance and resistance in the body. Rebuilds weak tissues after a time of depletion.
Active Ingredients: Sesame Oil
STRONG NUTRITIVE An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.
Active Ingredients: Sesame Oil, Adzuki Beans, Basmati Rice, Sweet Potato
STRONG DECONGESTANT An herb that reduces mucus production often by restricting blood flow to mucus membranes.
Active Ingredients: Cumin, Chipotle Chili
MILD 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: Chipotle Chili
Active Ingredients: Sesame Oil, Adzuki Beans
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, Adzuki Beans
MILD DRIES-MOUTH Makes the mouth feel dry, or pasty.
Active Ingredients: Adzuki Beans
MILD SAPONINS Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
Active Ingredients: Adzuki Beans, Green Onion
MILD CARBOHYDRATE Active Ingredients: Basmati Rice, Sweet Potato
MILD PROTEIN Active Ingredients: Adzuki Beans
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: Adzuki Beans
MILD SODIUM Active Ingredients: Salt (Mineral Salt)
MILD BETAINE Used to reduce homocysteine in the blood, which supports proper liver function and prevents fatigue and blood clots. Improves muscle stamina and weight loss.
Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD IRON Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.
Active Ingredients: Adzuki Beans
MILD CATECHINS Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.
Active Ingredients: Sweet Potato
MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.
Active Ingredients: Chipotle Chili
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: Adzuki Beans
MILD FATS Active Ingredients: Sesame Oil
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