If you find that your grains are too dry and they aren’t fully soft yet, just add more water. Since you’re cooking the rice and lentils in so much liquid, it’s hard to screw it up. Don’t shoot the messenger!Īll in all, this kitchari recipe could not be easier. BUT if you’re just enjoying this recipe as a healthy dinner and not a cleanse, I will say that a dash of hot sauce or chili crisp makes it all the more delicious. As I mentioned above, there’s purposely no alliums and no hot or spicy ingredients beyond the slight heat of the ginger. I try to steer clear of dairy whenever I’m doing a liver detox or healing my digestion, but a coconut yogurt would work well.įinally, this recipe is quite plain on purpose, just using fresh ginger and digestive spices like turmeric, coriander, cumin, fennel seeds and fenugreek. But some people also will add a dollop of plain unsweetened yogurt for a probiotic boost. This recipe is naturally vegan, dairy free, gluten free, nut free, and soy free. So for both flavor and health benefits, I think it’s the perfect things to garnish your bowl of green kitchari. If you’re doing a liver detox or even a period of SIBO treatment, I highly recommend adding a few handfuls of leaves to your finished dishes or pureeing it into soups. One of my favorite cleansing herbs is cilantro, which is an all-star chelating agent. You can find a list of my favorite detox ingredients there, many of which are included in this kitchari recipe. I got into depth here about natural ways to detox and how food fits into the picture. What Makes Kitchari the Best Detox Recipe? It’s no surprise that they are omitted as part of the therapeutic aspects of this dish. In fact, traditional kitchari is a subtle nod to what many of us who have experimented with a low FODMAP diet know: that onion and garlic can be irritating for many people. And you can serve without the yogurt topping. The mixture doesn’t have onion or garlic, so for once, you’re covered in that department. Working from this kitchari recipe, simply double the rice and skip the split peas or lentils, and limit the broccoli to 2 cups. In fact, I have a recipe for low FODMAP brown rice kitchari in my new book, SIBO Made Simple. Is Kitchari Low FODMAP?Įven though one of the main ingredients is a legume, this dish is actually fairly easy to adapt to a low FODMAP diet. This may go against the grain (literally and figuratively) of the traditional recipe, but since the veggies are also cooked down until quite soft, it isn’t too taxing on your system and makes the kitchari recipe more of a complete meal. This kitchari recipe, which is adapted from Leah Vanderveldt’s fabulous book The New Nourishing, is also packed with greens for added fiber, vitamins and minerals.
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