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Breakfast Kitchari

Description

Start your day with balance and peace with breakfast Kitchari, a traditional South Asian dish with warming, detoxifying spices. This recipe by nutrition student Kelsey Perusse was shared with the audience at her talk in April 2016 with fellow student Mirit Markowitz on "Hormone Balancing with Food," and is in the book Stories and Recipes: An Ode to Bastyr University from the Student Nutrition Assocation

Ingredients

2 tbsp
ghee
2 tsp
mustard seeds
1 tsp
turmeric powder
1 tsp
cumin
1 tbsp
chopped fresh ginger root
1⁄2 cup
sprouted mung beans
2 cup
water
1 inch
kombu, cut into small pieces
1 tsp
sea salt
2 cup
organic basmati rice (cooked)
1⁄2  
lemon
1 cup
loosely packed chopped, fresh organic cilantro

Instructions

In a medium-sized sauce pan heat ghee with mustard seeds, turmeric, cumin and ginger. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until the mustard seeds turn from gray to black.

Add in mung beans, water, kombu and salt. Bring the beans to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Allow beans to cook for 15-20 minutes until creamy.

Remove from heat, then squeeze in half a lemon and add in cilantro.

Serve over rice.

Breakfast Kitchari

Summary

Yield
Servings
SourceOriginal recipe by Kelsey Perusse
Prep time
5 minutes
Cooking time
30 minutes
Total time
35 minutes