Kitchari with peas

 
Photo: Jonny Barrett

Kitchari is a tenant recipe in Ayurveda, what is prescribed to eat during the popular master cleanse: ‘Panchakarma‘. It’s also the perfect way to cleanse your body and bring balance back to your diet if you’re feeling sluggish, sick or have been splurging too much during vacation or over the holidays.

Deliciously simple to make, Kitchari is made from a combination of mung bean lentils, white Basmati rice, and digestive spices that cleanse your digestion tract and restore balance to your body & mind. This dish is a complete plant protein, rich in fiber, and kid friendly too!

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Serves 1  l  Difficulty: easy  l  Prep time: 5min  l Total time: 25min

Ingredients

  • Yoom Kitchari buy here

  • 1 teaspoon ghee (or 2 tsp olive/coconut oil) buy here

  • Handful fresh parsley/coriander/dill

  • Handful frozen peas

  • Fresh black pepper

  • 1/2 lemon

 

Steps 

  1. In a medium 8” sauce pan, pour Yoom Kitchari in 3.5 cups of boiling water.

  2. On medium-to-high flame, boil for 20min stirring occasionally.

  3. 10min in the cooking, add frozen peas and stir.

  4. Kitchari is ready when it looks like oatmeal.

  5. Serve Kitchari in a bowl and top it off with ghee, fresh herbs and generous amounts of lemon juice and black pepper.

  6. Bon appetit!

 
 
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