Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

This One Dish Can Transform Your Gut Health 🍲✨ (Kitchari 101)

28 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Mona Sharma learned about kitchari, an Ayurvedic dish of lentils, rice, and spices like turmeric and coriander, after her parents struggled with health issues at an ashram. The blend is meant to ease digestion and reduce gut inflammation. You can swap cauliflower rice for regular rice if you need grain-free.

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You know, my dad is indeed, my mom is Danish. And growing up with my dad's awareness around this philosophy, he would take us to the ashram because she had just like, debilitating autoimmune disease, rheumatoid arthritis. And with the schedule there, you know, Kitchari is one of the dishes that they serve. And it's designed to be really easy to digest. It's kind of like the Indian cure all. It's loaded with lentils and basmati rice. You can swap that out and use cauliflower rice as an alternative if you want to go grain free. But the focus is on the healing spices, cumin, coriander, turmeric, which we know that tend to be antioxidants, anti inflammatory for the system.