Hi Everyone,
I've been really having fun with some Kitcheri Recipes..... the rice and mung bean dish we all discussed with Karen. This is a nice recipe I found on the website we used for finding our Dosha's.
http://www.banyanbotanicals.com/ayurveda/kitch_ghee.html
I love this dish. Eating it makes me feel really even, full and no big ups or downs in blood sugar or mood. - Food has a big effect on me in those ways.
In the past, I have used whole green mung beans from the Co-Op. I recently found the split yellow mung beans at a world food market. I do not remember the name. But, it is located on Orchard, near to Emerald Street.
-Happy Cooking-
Brittany
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Oh yay, I am excited to try this! I've actually been searching around for a recipe for a week and a half now, so thank you much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAlso, perhaps we are thinking of the same place, but there is an Indian Market up off of Orchard (602 N. Orchard, for those of you google-mappers:). I was impressed and fascinated by all the interesting cuisine they carry, so if any of you are interested in any cullinary endevors, I would reccommend checking it out. Plus they had a decent variety of mung beans, pernounced halfway between an "oo" and "uh" according to the very nice clerk working there. something inspires me to think that maybe this is the potential seedling for a potluck, I know we have and many delicious conversations during immersion breaks about food and whatnot!
Also, Brittany or anyone else who is sensitive to the elements of food: what aggrivates you, what soothes you, in which ways, and what types of things do you prepare to remedy these sensitivities? I am exploring my energy in realtionship to my dietary intake, and it would be lovely if we could share some ideas about how to feel as tridoshic and balanced as possible.
Thanks again!
Thanks for the recipe, Brittany. I am excited to try this! How do the mung beans come? Do you buy them dry and then soak them?
ReplyDeleteShyla, we have been experimenting will all sorts of Asian-style recipes lately... Thai rice noodles, cabbage, coconut milk, ginger, peanut sauce, etc., and of course, tofu. I find that I feel lighter and less uncomfortable after eating Asian noodle dishes than I do after eating Italian pasta. I also find that tofu fills me up without that heavy feeling. My new favorite way to cook tofu is to cut it up in cubes and let it marinate in spicy peanut sauce, then I saute it with some canola oil for about 10 minutes. It creates the same flavor as deep frying but it's healthier.
I also have been taking a teaspoon of honey every day in the morning. Honey is supposed to be great for many things, but I starting taking it in hopes of limiting my reaction to seasonal allergies. However, I've noticed that since I've been taking it I don't crave sweets anymore, so I wonder if this is an additional benefit. I make sure to take it at least a half an hour before or after eating or drinking anything hot, as I've read that combining honey with hot things will essentially cook the honey, which takes away some of it's beneficial qualities. I believe that the Banyan website has some info on honey.
Things that aggravate me are hot peppers and anything really spicy. Also, I can't digest dairy. So I try to avoid these things. When I ate meat, I always felt very heavy, like there was a brick in my stomach. I feel so much better now that I am vegetarian and I don't have any digestion issues at all. But I really think that this is all very personal. Some people digest things like meat and dairy much better (although there have been studies that claim that 90% of the adult population is lactose intolerant because most people stop producing the enzyme that digests lactose at the age of 3!). I find that my body processes whole grains, beans and vegetables very well and I feel satisfied and energized if I stick with a relatively high-carbohydrate diet. (But I don't have any blood sugar issues, so the sugar in carbs is OK for me.)
Annie would be a great person to weigh in on this conversation!
Tamara
Shyla,
ReplyDeleteI think that is the same market I went to. Pretty great little market. It's always good to support some local people and their business.
Tamara has some totally right-on things to say about the effect of food on the body. For me, the big aggrivators are sugar, caffeine - mostly coffee, and I'm beginning to think that gluten may be as well. I also cannot eat much dairy. If I do it's better if it is yogurt (fermented a bit helps the digestion, plus it has all the really good bacterias for digestion). So, I have been trying to eat a lot of whole grains, some rice but mostly barley and buckwheat, millet and Quinoia (pronounced "keen-wah"). Quinoia is especially great addition to my diet these last few years. It has a real lightness, but pretty hardy. Apparently it has a lot of protein in it as well so, those trying to not eat as much meat can really benefit from it. Lots of veggies, especially bitter greens and this time of year it's all about squash! I eat a lot of beans as well and fruit too. I am a meat eater as well. Although, I don't tend to include it in meals all that often. Some meat every couple of days it seems - just the way it works out.
There is a fantastic book:
"Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition" by Paul Pitchford.
I found this to be a totally amazing resource. They usually have copies at the Co-Op.
Brandie knows a lot about all of this as well. It links in with Chinese Medicine and using food as medicine.
B