Fenugreek Barley Mung Bean Stew (Oil-free, Vegan, Balances Vata Pitta Kapha)

This Fenugreek Barley Mung Bean Stew is the perfect vegan, oil-free Ayurvedic lunch or dinner to keep your doshas and body in balance. It contains stimulating, digestive ingredients which are not only easy on the tummy but also help to break down the buildup of toxic matter, called ama, within the body.

When we are not using all of our energy for our digestion, that energy becomes available for you. You will feel less sleepy and more energized. This recipe is especially great for Kapha, which gets accumulated during the winter season and aggravated during the spring season. This built-up Kapha (Earth/Water energy) creates allergies, congestion, sinusitis, coughing, nausea, phlegm, lethargy, edema, and other symptoms.

The Fenugreek Barley Mung Bean Stew is designed to balance ALL three doshas, but this recipe is especially useful for digestive aid during the Kapha-dominant months of January until April.

Recipes like this can help if you want to:

• Enhance fertility and reproductive health
• Soothe the nervous system
• Fight dry or oily skin
• Balance indigestion and constipation
• Balance cold and dry emotions such as lethargy and anxiety
• Balance hormones, especially reproductive system
• Keep blood sugar stable
• Reduce fatigue
• Help to reduce congestion, plaque, cysts, and growths

Ayurvedic Healing Ingredients

Some of the Ayurvedic energetics of the ingredients in this recipe include:

Barley

A cooling ingredient and diuretic, barley is a whole grain best suited for Kapha and Pitta types. It is high in Air energy, which makes it great for reducing ama (toxins), acidic digestion, mucus in the stool, lethargy, diarrhea, and congestion. It is useful in lung and sinus disorders as well as edema, diabetes, and diseases of the kidney.

Mung Bean

A tridoshic bean, mung bean is balancing for ALL Ayurvedic body types. It is one of the only beans that is easily digestible for everyone, regardless of your digestive state. It is often used for persons who have a very weak digestion in order to build up their natural energy. It is useful for clearing toxic ama from the digestive tract as well.

Fenugreek

A warming spice, this spice is best suited for Kapha and Vata types. It stimulates digestion, clears accumulations and growths, aids the nervous system and supports the joints.