My Favorite Autumn Ayurvedic Breakfast

Ayurveda understands that our own physiology and mental state reflect the macrocosm: the daily and seasonal cycles of our planet. In the morning, when it’s still cool outside, our agni, or digestive fire is still low, and so breakfast should be light and easy to digest, generally consisting of cooked grains and fruit. This simple recipe features the beloved apple, who graces us all fall with sweetness and beauty, cinnamon or cardomom, both considered “agni deepenas” aka fire kindling herbs, cooked oats or rice, and some nourishing ghee or coconut oil. This is a very saatvic recipe, meaning harmonious and pure. Saatvic foods not only produces a pure and harmonious body, but also a pure and harmonious mental state.

Watch a short video on the process here.

Recipe Below

 

Stewed Apple Breakfast for 1
Combine in small pot:
One large or two medium chopped apples (I don’t bother to peel)
1/3 cup oats or grain cereal (I love Bob’s Red Mill Organic Brown Rice Cereal)
Healthy sprinkling of cinnamon or cardamom
Handful of raisins
Big pinch of sea salt
1 1/4 cup water
Spoonful of ghee or coconut oil
Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for seven minutes. After you turn it off, leave it, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes. Then you can add some almond or oat milk. Enjoy!


I find it’s plenty sweet with the apples and raisins, but if you need to, add a small spoonful of your favorite sweetener. You can also add extra ghee to make it extra yummy and satisfying.