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How to Make Thai Peanut SauceSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 5 MINUTES SKILL LEVEL: EASY
INGREDIENTSSKILL LEVEL: EASY
| 1/2 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 inch | |
| 1 whole | |
| 1/2 tsp | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1 pinch | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Substitution OptionsIf 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 - Grate, mince, or pound the fresh ginger in a mortar and pestle. Juice the lime.
- 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.
- 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.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
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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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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Complete the basic quiz in 1 minute, or go deeper with additional quizzes at your own leisure to learn more about your body.
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INCREASES![Guna Help]()
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.
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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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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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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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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:
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 Thai Peanut Sauce ![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.
, , Nauseating NAUSEATING
Brings about feelings of unease and discomfort in the stomach, often accompanied with the involuntary urge to vomit.
SEE ALL 'NAUSEATING' 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 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 , Constituents: , , 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 , Carbohydrate, Resveratrol RESVERATROL
Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.
SEE ALL 'RESVERATROL' FOODS / HERBS , Vitamin E, Folate, Protein, Fats, 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 , Phosphorous, 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.
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Foods with a Similar Nature to Thai Peanut Sauce
Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter has these Actions in Common
Causes-tension, Nauseating, Warms-ears, Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Makes-jittery, Satisfies-stomach
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Peanuts
Peanuts has these Actions in Common
Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Makes-jittery, Satisfies-stomach, Causes-tension, Nauseating, Warms-ears
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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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Jackfruit
Jackfruit has these Actions in Common
Quenches-thirst, Wakes-you-up, Dries-mouth, Refreshing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach
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Mustard
Mustard has these Actions in Common
Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up, Nauseating, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy
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Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common
Nauseating, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up
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Mustard Powder
Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common
Nauseating, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up
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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
Appetite-suppressant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Dries-mouth, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired
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Acai
Acai has these Actions in Common
Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Wakes-you-up, Quenches-thirst, Appetite-suppressant, Refreshing
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Salmon
Salmon has these Actions in Common
Makes-you-tired, Wakes-you-up, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Satisfies-stomach
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Thai Peanut Sauce
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Dries-mouth
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Regular exercise
Regular exercise has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant
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Long inhale, short exhale
Long inhale, short exhale has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Cold Shower / Bath
Cold Shower / Bath has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing
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Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag)
Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag) has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant
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Bitter Orange Peel
Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Shilajit Tonic
Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Hyssop Powder
Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic
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Wild Ginger
Wild Ginger has these Actions in Common
Warms-ears, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy
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Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing
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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a
healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda biocharacteristics.
His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful.
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,
as well as public service work in South Asia.
John's commitment to the detailed study of digestive disorders reflects his zeal to get down to the roots of the problem.
His hope and belief in the capacity of each & every client to improve their quality of life is nothing short of a personal passion.
John's creativity in the kitchen and delight in cooking for others comes from his family oriented upbringing.
In addition to his certification in Ayurveda, John holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.
John enjoys sharing Ayurveda within the context of his Catholic roots,
and finds Ayurveda gives him an opportunity to participate in the healing mission of the Church.
Jesus expressed God's love by feeding and healing the sick.
That kindness is the fundamental ministry of Ayurveda as well.
Outside of work, John enjoys spending time with his wife and 7 kids, and pursuing his love of theology, philosophy, and language.
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