Cold Sesame Cucumber & Tofu Noodle Bowl |
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How to Make Cold Sesame Cucumber & Tofu Noodle BowlSERVINGS: 4 PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 10 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
| 1/4 c | |
| 1/4 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 4 c | |
| 2 tbsp | |
| 1 inch | |
| 1 tbsp | |
| 1 c | |
| 1 clove | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
- For best results, use toasted sesame oil
1. Peel cucumbers and turn into noodles with a spiralizer (or julienne peeler).
2. Dry toast sesame seeds in a non stick pan for 2-3 minutes or until gently brown, then set aside to cool.
3. In a blender, combine tahini, soy sauce, fresh ginger, garlic clove and 3 tbsp toasted sesame oil to make a smooth sauce.
4. Cut tofu into cubes and pan fry with remaining 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil until golden brown.
5. Combine noodles, sauce and tofu.
6. Serve immediately with sesame seeds and chopped scallions as garnish.
How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?
CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW
When the weekend takeout cravings hit, whip up 'Cold Sesame Cucumber & Tofu Noodle Bowl' for a satisfying but wholesome 'fakeout' experience. Soon, you'll be immersed in the aromas, signature tastes and vibrant colours of Asian street food from the peace of your own kitchen.
The raw, cooling crunch of the juicy cucumber noodles will keep you hydrated and feeling fresh. While raw food is difficult to digest, it is balanced by the oily nature and heating qualities of sesame seeds, tahini, soy, ginger and garlic in this recipe. This gluten free and vegan dish is best enjoyed late summer when the temperatures are still warm but starting to cool down.
AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT
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 Cold Sesame Cucumber & Tofu Noodle Bowl Good for My Ayurvedic Diet?
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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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| CLEAR ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLEAR LIQUEFIED ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.
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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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| BITTER ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes, laxative, and drying.
LEARN MORE ABOUT BITTER PUNGENT ABOUT PUNGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC
Pungency is characterized by irritation, or sharp, spicy foods that irritate the mouth such as black pepper.
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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.
SEE ALL 'AROMATIC' FOODS / HERBS , , , Bland 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.
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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Cold Sesame Cucumber & Tofu Noodle Bowl ![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.
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 , Warms Chest WARMS-CHEST
Warms the chest and lungs, clearing mucus and allowing for clear breathing. Often these herbs are hot, aromatic, and pungent.
SEE ALL 'WARMS-CHEST' 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 Diuretic 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS , , Constituents: Nitric Oxide NITRIC-OXIDE
Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.
SEE ALL 'NITRIC-OXIDE' FOODS / HERBS , Vitamin K, Sulphur, Saponins SAPONINS
Can be used to make soap. Saponins stimulate mucus membrane secretion, liquefying mucus for easy removal (expectorant).
SEE ALL 'SAPONINS' FOODS / HERBS , Protein, Calcium CALCIUM
Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
SEE ALL 'CALCIUM' FOODS / HERBS , Fats, Alpha Linolenic Acid, Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Essential Fatty Acids, , Isoflavone ISOFLAVONE
A type of naturally occurring isoflavonoid. Many have a phytoestrogen effect. Frequently found in the pea family ( Fabaceae).
SEE ALL 'ISOFLAVONE' FOODS / HERBS , , Inositol 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.
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Tofu
Tofu has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Dries-mouth, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Soothing, Appetite-suppressant, Irritates-kidney, Nutritive, Diuretic, Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach
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Jackfruit
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Anti-inflammatory, Nutritive, Satisfies-stomach, Dries-mouth, Quenches-thirst, Soothing, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up
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Daikon Radish
Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Warms-abdomen, Clears-sinuses, Refreshing, Warms-chest, Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy
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Mustard Powder
Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common
Clears-sinuses, Internal-detoxicant, Warms-abdomen, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Wakes-you-up
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Mustard
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Mustard Seed
Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Clears-sinuses, Internal-detoxicant, Warms-abdomen, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Warms-chest, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic
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Horseradish
Horseradish has these Actions in Common
Clears-sinuses, Refreshing, Warms-chest, Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Warms-abdomen
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Wasabi
Wasabi has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Warms-abdomen, Clears-sinuses, Refreshing, Warms-chest, Diaphoretic, Wakes-you-up
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Beets
Beets has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Nutritive, Warms-abdomen, Irritates-kidney, Satisfies-stomach, Anti-inflammatory, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy
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Cinnamon
Cinnamon has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Soothes-throat, Cardiac-stimulant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Diaphoretic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Warms-chest
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Allspice
Allspice has these Actions in Common
Warms-chest, Clears-sinuses, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Dries-mouth, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Internal-detoxicant
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Herb Supplements with a Similar Nature to Cold Sesame Cucumber & Tofu Noodle Bowl
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)
Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Dries-mouth, Internal-detoxicant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Cardiac-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Clears-sinuses, Warms-chest, Diaphoretic
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Shilajit Tonic
Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common
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Punarnava
Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy
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Amalaki
Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Nutritive, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Warms-chest, Anti-inflammatory, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Breathing Exercises
Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common
Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Internal-detoxicant
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)
Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)
Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy
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Eleuthero Ginseng
Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common
Lowers-blood-sugar, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Builds-stamina, Internal-detoxicant
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Regular exercise
Regular exercise has these Actions in Common
Wakes-you-up, Builds-stamina, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy
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Hyssop Powder
Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, 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.
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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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