Kitcheri

--Description-- A rice and bean dish that can be easily prepared in a crock-pot. Also if you have a stomachache this is easy on digestion and very nutritious. I find it great after a hard workout because it facilitates Prana.

---Ingredients--- 10 cups water 1-cup mung beans 2 cups basmati rice Spice choices (cumin, fennel, turmeric, black pepper, black cardamom pods, coriander, ginger and sea salt to taste) Diced vegetables (root ones with the rice, leafy ones at the end of cooking time) Ghee


 * Wash the rice 3 or more times until water runs nearly clear.
 * Place all ingredients in crock-pot.
 * Optionally you can sauté the spices in ghee before placing in pot.
 * Make sure pot does not become dry add more water as required, cook until most of the water is absorbed and everything is real soft and kind of mushy consistency.
 * Ayurvedically speaking Choose the spices and vegetables that best suit your dosha.