Digestive rescue for Holiday Eating!

Digestive Kichadis

Right from the Ayurvedic medical knowledge on digestive healing we have a great remedy to heal your digestive tract from all your Holiday eating.  If you feel off track this is a wonderful remedy to get you back in the game.  I know this works wonders for me. I'll make this recipe and eat it for the whole day. Your digestive system will send signals of thanks.

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Serves: 3-4

Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

2 tablespoons ghee or sunflower oil

3 bay leaves
1 teaspoon coriander seeds
1teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon oregano, dry
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 stick kombu (seaweed: available in a Asian store or health food store)
1 teaspoon fresh ginger root, grated

1/2 cup brown basmati rice
1/4 cup split mung dal (translation: split mung beans available in a Asian grocery store)
3 cups fresh vegetables, such as carrots, zucchini, or summer squash, diced

4 to 6 cups of distilled water

Directions

Wash the rice and beans until rinse water is clear.
Warm the ghee or sunflower oil in a medium saucepan. Add the cumin seeds, bay leaf, coriander and oregano. Brown slightly, until aromatic (you can smell them). Stir in turmeric, rice and dal. Add water, salt, kombu, and ginger. Simmer covered over medium heat until beans and 15 to 20 minutes more.

*Note: Pitta can garnish generously with fresh chopped coriander leaves to neutralize this effect. lf Kapha is making this for themselves alone, the ghee or oil can be cut
to 1 teaspoonful, Additional ghee can be added after cooking if other doshas, especially
Vata, are to be sharing in the eating.

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