Kitchari Recipe Yoga Journal

In a large pot over mediumhigh heat heat the ghee or oil.

Kitchari recipe yoga journal. White basmati takes 20 minutes to cook 16 cups chopped veggies broccoli mushrooms carrots etc. When we get stressed run down too busy experience lots of emotion or just get out of our regular routine it is often our digestion that gets out of balance first. Rinse and strain the mung dal beans until the water runs clear about 5 times.

In ayurvedic medicine the key to feeling great in your body and mind is good physical and mental digestion and sometimes to get there you need a cleanse. As soon as you smell the fragrance of the cumin seeds add the onion and ginger. Heat the ghee or coconut oil in a heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat.

First rinse one cup of split yellow mung beans and soak for several hours. Two tablespoons of shredded coconut. Here is another recipe for kitchari shakta s favorite serves 12.

2 cups red lentils boil for 20 minutes to cook or mung beans soaked overnight cook 60 minutes 2 cups brown basmati rice 40 minutes to cook. Next put the cumin coriander fennel nigella turmeric asafetida ginger cinnamon and bay leaf in a small bowl and set aside. Combine the rice and mung beans in a sieve and rinse.

Add turmeric black pepper cumin coriander and cinnamon and mix together. In a blender liquefy one tablespoon of peeled chopped ginger. Add asafetida and cumin seeds.

How to prepare this simple kitchari recipe. My personal kitchari history. And a handful of chopped cilantro with one half cup of water.