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 or Olive oil

Directions

 * 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.