Kitchari Cleanse for daily cleanliness - An Ayurvedic Ancient recipe

A Suggested cleanse and very much loved is the Kitchari Cleanse (pronounced kitch-a-ree) is a staple comfort food of India, also known as khichari, khitchari, and kitchiri and more).The word "kitchari' means "mixture" or "mess" as in "mess of pottage" or "mess of stew" or porridge).
Travelling in India most people have just been doing it without knowing about it, is the simplest most joyful cleanse one can do!

My suggestion is to do the Kitchari Cleanse during the 7 weeks process (after a good Intestinal Cleanse for breaking a fast) or other time for a healthy gut.

The ancient practice of fasting on kitchari, or a "kitchari cleanse", utilizes the traditional mix of rice and mung beans. In Ayurveda, the ancient wisdom of India dating back 5,000 years, this mix of rice and mung beans is considered extremely easy to digest and is said to purify the digestion and cleanse the body of toxins.

The main ingredients are Basmati rice and mung beans, to which a variety of spices and other vegetables may be added. Often the mung beans are replaced with another bean. Sometimes the resultant "mess" is thick, and sometimes it is thin and soupy. And, sometimes, the word "kitchari" is used loosely to describe any "mess of pottage", such as, "I made a kitchari of millet and lentils".
Most Ayurvedic-derived kitchari recipes call for basmati rice in particular. This may be because basmati is a rice that is considered appropriate for all three constitutional types; Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. If you've never tried basmati rice before, you're in for a treat! It is called an aromatic rice, and, oh my, when you're cooking it, it smells wonderful!
If you decide to expand your kitchari-horizons and search for other recipes, assume it is always "whole" rice being called for, and if you have trouble finding mung beans, try red lentils.

Kitchari fasting is actually a monodiet which means the body receives a limited diversity of foodstuffs and therefore needs to produce a limited number of digestive enzymes. The work of the digestive system is lessened, allowing for greater healing and cleansing to occur. Just like a brown rice fast, a kitchari cleanse can be calming, soothing and warming.


A simple Kitchari Fasting recipe:

Plain Kitchari for fasting

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1/4 cup basmati rice
1/4 cup mung beans
1 cup water
1 tablespoon yogurt or kefir
pinch of sea salt
1 tablespoon butter or ghee, or virgin coconut oil
Place rice and beans in a pot with water and yogurt. Allow to soak overnight or up to 24 hours.
Bring to a boil, then cover and turn heat to lowest setting for 35-40 minutes. Add salt, fluff with fork, and serve with butter, ghee, or coconut oil.

All Love,
Aponi

sources:
http://www.allaboutfasting.com/who-can-fast.html
http://omtimes.com/2012/11/natural-mung-beans-and-rice-body-cleanse/
http://www.yogamurrieta.com/node/347