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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Thai Peanut Sauce


How to Make Thai Peanut Sauce

  • SERVINGS: 4
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • MEAL: LUNCH-DINNER
  • STYLE: ASIAN
  • PREPARATION: SAUCES

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1/2 c
2 tbsp
1 tbsp
1 tbsp
1 inch
1 whole
1 tsp
2 tbsp
1 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Substitution Options

If you start from scratch with peanuts, roast the nuts a bit to release their flavor and then mash them. Otherwise, use smooth, unsweetened peanut butter, or choose your peanut butter variety to taste.

You may substitute tamari or coconut aminos for a gluten free soy sauce alternative.

Steps

  1. Grate, mince, or pound the fresh ginger in a mortar and pestle. Juice the lime.
  2. Whisk all ingredients (except hot water) together in a bowl, or shake in a closed jar, until smooth. Warm water instead of cold will help the mixing process.
  3. Stir in the hot water, a little at a time until you get your desired consistency.
Serve with rice paper rolls, raw veggies, dumplings, meat skewers, or on any rice and vegetable dish.
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How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Spicy, tangy, sweet, creamy, and salty - peanut sauce is, like most chutneys and condiments, a stimulating treat for the tongue. Invigorating flavors of lime, chili and ginger balance the sweet and creamy peanut sauce. The result both awakens, and satisfies.

Looking for a healthy snack? The richness of the peanuts create a creamy, moreish bite when used as a dip for crunchy celery, carrot and bell pepper. Looking to surprise a dinner guest? Grilled prawns, chicken or rice rolls will come alive with a garnish of this sweet and tangy peanut sauce.

Heating, pungent ginger and chili stimulate blood flow while the sourness of lime and vinegar encourage secretions. This can help with digestion of the foods eaten alongside the sauce.

On the heavier, oiler side, peanuts and sesame seeds deliver a grounding sweetness that leaves the stomach feeling satisfied. Peanuts themselves can be difficult to digest so using them in flavorful sauce like this is a great way to enjoy them. As peanuts and spices are both warming, moderate consumption if you experience excess heat.

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Understanding your child's constitution is key to raising resilience, instead of wiring in disease. Study constitutional medicine to discover the keys to personalized nourishment.

Rooted in the insights curated from Ayurveda and Greek medicine, constitutional medicine teaches you which foods match your body, so you and your family have true vitality, strength, and balance. See How it Works.

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Medicinal Effects of Thai Peanut Sauce

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS

Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (vital qualtiies). Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance. By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick. Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold). You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Raw Sugar, Ginger (Fresh), Red Pepper Flakes (Chili)

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Lime, Ginger (Fresh), Red Pepper Flakes (Chili)

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Lime, Water

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Ginger (Fresh), Lime, Red Pepper Flakes (Chili), Water

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EASY

ABOUT EASY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Soy Sauce, Ginger (Fresh), Lime, Red Pepper Flakes (Chili)

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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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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Lime

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (DOSHAS)

The Three Doshas / Body Types

Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.

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.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta aggravating

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia. They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature. Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.

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PACIFIES
MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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AGGRAVATES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.

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Other Health Virtues

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.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)

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Crunchy

CRUNCHY

Makes an audible noise when you eat them. Can provide fun texture variation.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter, Sesame Seeds

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Thai Peanut Sauce
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.

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Appetite Suppressant

STRONG APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar

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Quenches Thirst

MILD QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

Active Ingredients: Lime, Water

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Nauseating

MILD NAUSEATING

Brings about feelings of unease and discomfort in the stomach, often accompanied with the involuntary urge to vomit.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Wakes You Up

STRONG WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Lime, Raw Sugar

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Makes Jittery

MAKES-JITTERY

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter, Raw Sugar

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Makes You Tired

MILD MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Causes Tension

MILD CAUSES-TENSION

Increases feelings of tension, constriction and tightness in the body.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter, Sesame Seeds

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

Active Ingredients: Lime, Ginger (Fresh)

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Satisfies Stomach

MILD SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter, Sesame Seeds

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh), Sesame Seeds

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Diaphoretic

STRONG DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Lime

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Irritates Throat

MILD IRRITATES-THROAT

Creates abrasive feeling in the back of the mouth. May stimulate coughing.

Active Ingredients: Ginger (Fresh)

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Cardiac Stimulant

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: Ginger (Fresh), Red Pepper Flakes (Chili)

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Warms Ears

MILD WARMS-EARS

Stimulates peripheral circulation to warm extremities, including the ears.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Dries Mouth

MILD DRIES-MOUTH

Makes the mouth feel dry, or pasty.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Constituents:
Polyphenols

STRONG POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

Active Ingredients: White Vinegar, Lime

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Rutin

MILD 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

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Aromatase Inhibitor

MILD AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

Active Ingredients: Lime, Red Pepper Flakes (Chili)

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Protein

MILD PROTEIN

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter, Sesame Seeds

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Carbohydrate

MILD CARBOHYDRATE

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar

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Resveratrol

MILD RESVERATROL

Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Vitamin E

MILD VITAMIN-E

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Phytates

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: Peanut Butter, Sesame Seeds

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Folate

MILD FOLATE

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Fats

MILD FATS

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter, Sesame Seeds

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Phosphorous

MILD PHOSPHOROUS

Active Ingredients: Peanut Butter

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Flavonoids

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Lime

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Thai Peanut Sauce

  • Peanut Butter

    Peanut Butter has these Actions in Common

    Nauseating, Warms-ears, Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Makes-jittery, Satisfies-stomach, Causes-tension

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  • Peanuts

    Peanuts has these Actions in Common

    Makes-jittery, Satisfies-stomach, Causes-tension, Nauseating, Warms-ears, Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Coffee

    Coffee has these Actions in Common

    Causes-tension, Makes-you-tired, Dries-mouth, Stimulates-energy, Appetite-suppressant, Makes-jittery, Wakes-you-up

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Nauseating, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Irritates-throat, Wakes-you-up

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Irritates-throat, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Nauseating, Warms-ears

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Irritates-throat, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Nauseating, Warms-ears, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy

    LEARN MORE

  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Dries-mouth, Refreshing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach

    LEARN MORE

  • Stevia

    Stevia has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Makes-jittery, Wakes-you-up, Nauseating, Cardiac-stimulant

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  • Tofu

    Tofu has these Actions in Common

    Dries-mouth, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Appetite-suppressant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

    LEARN MORE

  • Ginger (Dried)

    Ginger (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Warms-ears, Irritates-throat

    LEARN MORE

  • Acai

    Acai has these Actions in Common

    Appetite-suppressant, Refreshing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Thai Peanut Sauce

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing

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  • Regular exercise

    Regular exercise has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

    LEARN MORE

  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Irritates-throat, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant

    LEARN MORE

  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Warms-ears

    LEARN MORE

  • Long inhale, short exhale

    Long inhale, short exhale has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

    LEARN MORE

  • Cold Shower / Bath

    Cold Shower / Bath has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

    LEARN MORE

  • Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag)

    Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag) has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing

    LEARN MORE

  • Shilajit Tonic

    Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant

    LEARN MORE

  • Wild Ginger

    Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic

    LEARN MORE

  • Hyssop Powder

    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant

    LEARN MORE

  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

    LEARN MORE


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About the Author

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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