Name: Ayurvedic Khichdi Recipe (Kitchari)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: ½ cup diced onion; 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil or coconut oil; 1 tablespoon grated ginger; 1 tablespoon chopped garlic; 1 tsp whole mustard seeds; 1 tsp turmeric powder; ½ tsp cumin seeds or ground cumin powder; ½ tsp coriander; 1/2 tsp garam masala, more to taste; ¼ -½ teaspoon chili flakes (optional); few twists of black pepper; 1 tsp kosher salt; ¼ cup dry split mung beans, split lentils (or use whole mung beans or whole lentils- soaked overnight); ½ cup buckwheat (kashi) or (soaked, brown basmati rice); 1 ½ cup water; 1 cup veggie broth; 2-3 cups chopped vegetables ( like carrot, parsnips, celery, fennel bulb, cauliflower, broccoli); Optional Garnishes: cilantro or Italian parsley, lemon wedge, diced tomato for topping, microgreens, olive oil.

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Ayurvedic Khichdi Recipe (Kitchari)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 4 · 50m total

Servings

Calories

12% of a 2,000 cal day

240KCAL

Protein

9g18% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat7g

Saturated1g

Unsaturated6g

—

Total Carbs39g

14%

Fiber8g

30%

Total Sugars5g

—

incl. Added Sugars0g

Starch25g

—

Sodium792mg

34%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Khichdi is a gentle Ayurvedic rice and lentil dish with warming spices, designed to reset digestion. Nourishing, comforting, and traditionally eaten during cleanses.

Ingredients

4 SERVINGS

½ cupdiced onion
1½ tbspolive oil — or coconut oil
1 tbspgrated ginger
1 tbspchopped garlic
1 tspwhole mustard seeds
1 tspturmeric powder — powdered
½ tspcumin seeds — or ground cumin powder
½ tspcoriander
½ tspgaram masala
¼–½ tspchili flakes — optional
black pepper
1 tspkosher salt
¼ cupdry split mung beans — soaked overnight, or split lentils or whole mung beans or whole lentils
½ cupbuckwheat (kashi) — kasha, or soaked, brown basmati rice
1½ cupswater
1 cupveggie broth
2–3 cupschopped vegetables
Optional Garnishes: cilantro or Italian parsley, lemon wedge, diced tomato for topping, microgreens, olive oil.

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Method

50m total

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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