Soaked and blanched almonds

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I am glad to have found this group. I have been learning about Ayurveda for several years

now and currently am still with some questions. This seems like a wonderful forum to

explore some of these.

 

One question that is at the top of my mind is about almonds. I understand that soaking

almonds helps to make them more digestable. I have learned from a nutritionist that as long

as they are rinsed well the enzyme that prohibits digestion is washed off and therefore the

peeling is not necessary. And yet, in so many of the Ayurvedic texts and recipes peeling

seems to be important.

 

Can anyone tell me whether it really is necessary for digestion? Sometimes peeling is easy

but othertimes can be incredibly cumbersome.

 

Thank you,

 

Beeara

[Guest guest]

Dear Beeara,

 

When my naturopath asked me to take almonds, he asked me to take them

along with the skin. And he asked me to drink the water in which the

almonds were soaked.

 

I'll try to dig up more on the issue.

 

Regards,

Jagannath.

 

ayurveda, "B. (Beeara) Edmonds"

<behomesong wrote:

> soaking almonds helps to make them more digestable. nutritionist feels that as long

> as they are rinsed well the enzyme that prohibits digestion is

washed off and therefore the

> peeling is not necessary. And yet, in so many of the Ayurvedic

texts and recipes peeling

> seems to be important.

[Guest guest]

Beeara

 

I have heard my teacher, Yogi Bhajan talk about almonds a few

times. He said to always peel almonds. To do this soak the almonds

and then peel them when they are plump. You can also do this by

putting them in boiling water, peeling them and then soaking them to

make them plump. He said that people who eat almonds with skins

would look like an almond (wrinkly). The skin is bitter and

astringent. He gave 2 exceptions. He said menstruating women

should saute almonds in ghee or almond oil and then add a little

honey in the morning.The other exception is women who have just

delivered. Eat the same dish in the morning. The astringent skin

helps pull the uterus back in place.

 

GB

 

> One question that is at the top of my mind is about almonds. I

understand that soaking

> almonds helps to make them more digestable. I have learned from a

nutritionist that as long

> as they are rinsed well the enzyme that prohibits digestion is

washed off and therefore the

> peeling is not necessary. And yet, in so many of the Ayurvedic

texts and recipes peeling

> seems to be important.

>

> Can anyone tell me whether it really is necessary for digestion?

Sometimes peeling is easy

> but othertimes can be incredibly cumbersome.