Kitchari
Kitchari
Kitchari
Kitchari
Kitchari
Kitchari

Kitchari

$14.99 | 500g
Kitchari is Ayurveda’s most comforting meal - a simple blend of rice, lentils, and spices that’s warm, grounding, and incredibly easy to digest. It’s the reset meal your body naturally understands: light, nourishing, and effortless to prepare.
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Kitchari is one of Ayurveda’s most supportive and easily digestible meals. A soft, warm combination of rice, mung dal, and gentle spices, it offers nourishment without placing any strain on the digestive system. When life feels busy, meals feel too heavy, or your body is asking for simplicity, Kitchari provides warmth, comfort, and steadiness. This mix brings together the ideal balance of grains, lentils, and spices so you can enjoy a complete, grounding meal anytime. It’s not a harsh detox, it’s a digestive reset, a way to give your system a pause while still feeding yourself something wholesome and satisfying.

What this product does

Kitchari provides a gentle reset for the digestive system; a meal that is light enough for delicate days yet nourishing enough to keep you comfortable and steady. By combining basmati rice and mung dal (two of the easiest foods to digest), kitchari supports:

•Lightness when meals have been too heavy
•Comfort when digestion feels unsettled
•A warm, grounding pause during busy or stressful times
•Steady nourishment without overloading the system

Key Benefits

• Gentle on digestion.
• Naturally tri-doshic (suitable for all body types).
• Warm, grounding reset meal.
• Light, nourishing, and complete.
• Supports natural cleansing (Ayurvedic detoxification).
• Ideal for managing chronic digestive ailments (IBS, colitis, etc.).
• A simple, sattvic food that feels calm and balancing.
• Easy to prepare and ideal for busy days.
• Gluten-free, high in fibre, and quick to prepare.

How to use

Prepare according to the instructions on the packet. Can be consumed any time as a quick, restorative meal, or used over several days as a gentle digestive cleanse. Enjoy as:

•A light lunch or dinner.
•A warm reset meal on delicate digestion days.
•A quick, nourishing option on busy evenings.
•A base topped with vegetables.
•A comforting winter bowl.

Ingredients

Basmati Rice, Mung Dal, Pre-packed Spice Mix.

Key Functional Ingredients

Mung Dal - Vigna radiata

Light, highly digestible, and balancing to all three doshas (Vata, Pitta, Kapha). Mung dal is commonly used for detoxing, improving digestion, cooling body heat, and enhancing immunity during convalescence.

Turmeric - Curcuma longa

is known best for its anti-inflammatory , anti-septic and anti-viral properties, as well as pain relief qualities and is useful for managing all arthritic conditions. In Ayurveda it has energetics which are bitter and pungent, hot in potency with a pungent post-digestive effect (PDE). Helps to balance all three doshas. 

Basmati Rice - Oryza sativa

Basmati rice, a sattvic, tridoshic, and highly rejuvenative grain in Ayurveda, is prized for its ease of digestion, cooling properties, and nourishment of all seven tissue layers. It effectively balances Vata and Pitta, supporting grounding, vitality, and mental clarity.

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Ayurvedic Insight

In Ayurveda, the goal isn’t just to eat - it’s to assimilate. The central principle is that energy spent on heavy digestion is energy stolen from healing. Kitchari is the clearest expression of this principle. By giving the digestive system a simple, complete source of nourishment, you free up the body’s energy for deeper functions: gentle healing, natural detoxification, and rejuvenation. It’s food that creates space - space for the body to reset, restore, and return to balance.

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Agni in Sanskrit means fire and is used to describe all metabolic functions in our body. All metabolic activity, including digestion, is ruled by Agni.

The digestive power and immune system depends on the proper functioning of Agni.
Agni takes the essence of nourishment from food, helps to carry out the metabolic reactions of the body and helps the immune system by destroying harmful organisms and toxins (Ama).

The state of the digestive fire is one of the most important concepts of Ayurvedic approach to health & wellbeing. It doesn’t matter how organic is the food you consume, if the body cannot metabolize it properly, then it is unable to access the nutrients that the food contains.

When Agni is well balanced, there will be proper digestion, excellent circulation of nutrients & proper elimination of waste products, maintaining a state of good mental and physical health!

To maintain balance of our Agni we have to develop a healthy life style including:

- Proper eating habits

- Proper sleep

- Proper fitness routine

- Control over emotions

Ayurveda is the ancient healthcare system of India. It is a Sanskrit word - Ayur means 'life' or 'daily living' and Veda means 'science'. Ayurveda then is the name given to the scientific study of life, based on the eternal principle that everyone should live in a healthy & balanced state.

The central principle of Ayurveda is that each human being has the right to live a healthy & fulfilled life (dharma), however, because of our unique body constitution, genetic inheritance and unhealthy diet & lifestyle choices, we are predisposed to certain diseases and health concerns.

Caraka, the great Ayurvedic sage, wrote,” When there is equilibrium in the body’s intelligences (Doshas), when the digestive fire (Agni) is in balance, when the seven bodily tissues (Dhatus) are functioning normally, the body's waste (mala) is being eliminated efficiently, when there is normal functioning of the five senses and harmony between body, mind & soul, then one can be said to be healthy.”

• Looks beyond the symptoms to the cause

• Recognises each individual has a unique constitution or “Body type”

• Acknowledges the human body is a microcosm of the universe

• Recognised diet, lifestyle & environment play a role in disease manifestation

• Places importance on optimum digestive fire being the key to health

• Considers the six tastes as essential for our wellbeing

• Acknowledges balance of Mind, Body & Soul as pathway to total wellness

• Provides an opportunity for individuals to take responsibility for their health

No. While it is true that many Ayurvedic recipes use Indian ingredients, you are not required to only eat Indian food. Ayurveda gives you the understanding of the role digestion and nutrition play in creating a healthy life and how food can be used as a medicine to treat illness. This awareness can be applied to all foods. However, it is true that Ayurveda considers many of the heavily processed foods in our Western diet to be detrimental to our digestion and good health.

No. In fact, there are some Ayurvedic preparations that use animal products to treat specific ailments. However, Ayurveda recognises that meat is very heavy and the stomach struggles to digest it properly. Without the addition of particular kitchen herbs to aid digestion, this undigested food can become toxic, leading to many health problems.

Also, because meat is heavy it is considered Tamasic, the qualities of which can dull the mind, making it sluggish & heavy. Ayurveda believes that a heavy & dull mind is unable to make good choices for us, which again can be the cause of many ailments.

Ayurveda has a simple treatment plan:

• Stop the further accumulation of toxins in the body by improving digestion. Food is then “cooked” properly, preventing the build up of toxins.
• Remove accumulated toxins from the body through herbal preparations and specific Ayurvedic treatments like massage.
• Nourish the depleted tissues through diet, herbal preparations & lifestyle changes.

Ayurveda has two features that make it a unique science and separate it from other health modalities.

Body Type

Firstly, it is based on the principle that each individual has their own unique body make up known as Constitution or Prakruti, which is determined by the makeup of their parents and becomes apparent at birth.

Once you know your body’s constitution it becomes much easier to for an individual to live a healthy life by following a compatible lifestyle and diet that keeps the body’s constitution in balance. If at any stage an in-balance occurs, it is much easier to structure a specific program to redress the imbalance rather than just treating the symptoms of the illness as they occur.



Body Intelligence

The second feature of this science is that each individual has a unique bodily intelligence. When this intelligence is kept in a balanced state the body has the ability to flush out waste products from cellular metabolism more easily. When the body is unable to regularly flush out these toxins they will start to collect in the tissues leading to more wear and tear on the body, both physically and mentally.

Therefore a balanced body intelligence is necessary for flushing out toxins, keeping the body healthy by maintaining this equilibrium and preventing problems from manifesting. When these imbalances occur, it is important to be able to identify what has influenced this change and to redress these factors through diet, lifestyle and environmental changes. This is the role of the Ayurvedic practitioner

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