Yogis Recipe
Jan 06, 2025
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I remember when I first found this recipe in a yoga magazine I had no idea what it was but I know that it must be good for me. I clipped it and put it on my refrigerator. I finally had a client that was in one of my yoga classes, an older woman that said she loved to cook. So one day I took the recipe from my refrigerator and showed her asking what a mung bean was. She described it as a small little round bean, I've never heard of this at all. I was raised on meatloaf, goulash and pot roast with sauerkraut. It's actually not a bean, it is a lentil, basically a smaller bean. A mung bean is also sometimes called moong bean. It may also be called dahl, dahl is when the bean has already been split. They are high in protein and fiber. Pretty cool lil lentils
I went to a part of town called “Little India” and behold I found this illusive lentil, I took it home and made the worst kitchari ever. I had no idea what I was doing.
I didn't know that I needed to sprout, let alone soak, the mung bean so that it would be easier to cook and digest.
I didn't know that I could use yellow dahl instead of the green mung bean so I didn't need to wait a few days to sprout. I don't always have the patience for that.
I also didn't know that I could use a pre-made spice mix instead of trying to find the perfect balance of a bunch of spices I had never used before.
Spice Mix order spice mix with this link
The basic spices for kitchari are: brown mustard seeds, turmeric, cumin, ginger, the keys are Fenugreek and Asafoetida
How to make the kitchari is on the back of the spice mix. Easy. I like easy things.
Heat ghee, add the spice mix and the trick is to listen and wait for the mustard seeds to pop, then the rice and mung beans that have been soaked over night and rinsed a few times. Stir, then add the water and cook for a while. After the initial boil I like to allow it to low cook for a couple of hours.
I also use equal parts of rice and yellow dahl or even a little more yellow dahl and I use a lot of ghee.
You can add just about any vegetables that you would like. Carrots and chunks of ginger are my favorite. I love to top off kitchardi with cilantro, lime, salt and coconut.
Notes: about ghee. Ghee is clarified butter, butter that is slowly cooked at low temperatures and the top layer of lactose is removed. You do not need to put it in the refrigerator. You can get organic ghee, at costco.
In Joy
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