This kitchari recipe is an easy and important meal used to balance all doshas in Ayurveda. Most importantly, it can be used in even the most difficult and severe health issues due to its nourishing and cleansing effect.
It is recommended that you do not save this as a leftover, as this destroys the life giving and nourishing effect of freshly prepared food. If you are on a cleanse, you may make 2 portions for lunch and reheat the remaining portion for dinner.
A kitchari cleanse will not only cleanse your gut, but also stimulate your digestion and still provide the nourishment you need. This diet is special because it balances all of your doshas. This is important for addressing imbalances, because at no point do we want any of the doshas to be more dominant than the others.
As a simple cleanse
You can do a simple digest cleanse with kitchari that lasts 3 days. This is a great way to balance out gut health. We recommend this cleanse for most adults once a month. You may find it helps improve sleep, cravings, energy, and overall wellness.
Kitchari cleanse daily routine
- Start the morning with drinking warm water with fresh lemon squeezed into it
- scrape your tongue and notice any coating on your tongue
- stretch from 10 mins to increase circulation through your body
- Apply oil to your body and massage for 15 mins as this helps stimulate lymphatic system
- Eat kitchari for lunch around 12-1pm is ideal
- Eat kitchari dinner around 6-7pm ideally
- drink warm water throughout the day to keep body hydrated
Kitchari Recipe
Ingredients
Makes: 2 servings of 2/3 cup kitchari.
Takes: 30 mins to prepare
- 1/3 cup mung beans
- 1/3 cup basmati rice
- 1 tablespoon of kitchari seasoning
- 4/3 cups of water
- 1 tablespoon of ghee (grape seed oil if you are vegan)
- (optional) Cilantro
Directions for kitchari Recipe
- Soak mung beans and rice for 24 hours in water prior to cooking
- Drain mung beans and rice before cooking
- Add kitchari spice and ghee to a pan
- Heat seasoning until mustard seeds begin to brown
- Add rice and beans to the pan and continue to heat for additional 1 minute
- add water and bring to a boil
- reduce heat and cover until water has been full cooked into food.
- should resemble more of a thick stew rather than a soup.
- you can add veggies to the pan while it is covered
- (optional) add fresh cilantro as a garnish
