Ayurveda Breakfast: 6 Great & Delicious Recipes to Try

Breakfast in Ayurveda: How to Start the Day Well

Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. It provides us with energy and awakens our spirits. An Ayurveda breakfast is also part of the Ayurvedic morning routine. Start every day the same way to avoid stress. Instead, the morning begins with routine, relaxation, and good food.

If you want to enjoy a truly balanced Ayurvedic diet for breakfast, then pay attention to the following:

• Natural, fresh ingredients

• Seasonal products

• Light, warm dishes

• Not too much

• Dairy products not with sour fruits

Especially in the winter months, you can eat more richly than in summer. A good "starter" before the real breakfast in Ayurveda is a glass of warm water with lemon or ginger. This mixture activates your Agni and prepares your stomach for food intake. It also helps counteract the fluid loss of the past night.

6 Ayurveda Breakfast Recipes

In Ayurveda , warm dishes are preferred, which are prepared and eaten in peace. This not only ensures a relaxed start to the day, but warm dishes are particularly easy to digest, full of nutrients, and keep you full for a long time.

In Ayurvedic teaching, food is considered healing and medicine: Through food, the doshas can be balanced, the digestive fire stimulated, and ailments alleviated. All good reasons to try the Ayurveda recipes at least once!

Now to our Ayurvedic recipes for breakfast – enjoy cooking & enjoying:

1. Sonnhof Classic: Date-Plum-Cream

Our in-house recipe from our Sonnhof Cookbook is easy to make and wonderfully delicious:

Ingredients:

• 200 g dried dates (pitted)

• 200 g dried plums

• Water

• 200 ml cream or soy cream

• 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger or 7 ground peppercorns

Preparation:

Halve the plums, pit the dates and chop everything as desired. Next, soak everything together for several hours until the fruits are completely soft. Tip: the water should just cover the fruits.

Now squeeze the ginger juice or mix pepper with cream and the fruits. Finally, leave everything to stand for 30 minutes and enjoy the Ayurvedic breakfast!

2. Ayurveda Vata Breakfast: Grain Porridge with Spices & Fruits

This spicy breakfast porridge is especially suitable for Vata types :

Ingredients:

• A handful of oats (like spelt, barley, wheat, etc.)

• Fruit (best seasonal & regional)

• 1 glass warm water

• 1 glass oat milk (also other plant-based milk is fine)

• Spices such as fennel, cardamom & anise or cloves & cinnamon (recommended in winter)

• Sweeteners such as honey (optional)

Preparation:

Heat a pot on medium heat. Then add the spices and briefly toss everything. Now add the oats – mix everything well and sauté a bit until the smell fills the entire room.

Then deglaze everything with warm water until the flakes are covered. Let everything continue to simmer on low to medium heat – the water should be completely evaporated and the flakes should already be slightly soft. Next, you can add the glass of oat milk. Then let everything simmer until your ideal breakfast porridge is ready.

In the meantime, you can prepare your fruit. Either sauté the fruit just like that in the pan or fry it with some ghee or butter, oil, or margarine. Arrange everything nicely together, and your delicious and nutritious breakfast is ready!

3. Ayurvedic Breakfast Porridge: Spelt Porridge with Freshly Grated Apple

Ingredients:

• Freshly ground spelt

• Freshly grated apple

• A bit of ghee

• Ground cardamom and cinnamon

• Fresh ginger

• Raisins

• Maple syrup or other natural sweeteners

• Some water

Preparation:

Let the ground spelt simmer in water. Once the porridge has reached the desired consistency, raisins, grated apple, various spices, ghee, ginger, and a bit of maple syrup can be added as desired.

4. Breakfast Recipe: Quinoa-Spelt Porridge with Fruit

Ingredients:

• 125 g quinoa

• 1 cup spelt (unshelled)

• 1 apple

• 1 pear

• 1 nectarine

• 1 handful of grapes

• 1 handful of blueberries

• Spices like cinnamon, cardamom, cloves

• Agave syrup

• Water

Preparation:

Bring the spelt with twice the amount of water to a boil and let it simmer on low heat for about 25 minutes. In the meantime, let the quinoa also simmer in a large pot for 15 minutes on medium heat.

Now take the fruit of your choice and cut it into bite-sized pieces. You can then heat it gently in a pot, stirring occasionally, until it appears soft enough for you. Finally, season with agave syrup and cinnamon. Season with cardamom and clove to taste.

Now arrange the fruit on your quinoa-spelt porridge and ideally enjoy your breakfast dish while it is still warm!

5. Breakfast Recipe: Rice-Buckwheat with Cocoa

Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons buckwheat

• 1 cup whole grain round rice

• 1 apple

• dried apricots

• a bit of apple juice

• small piece of ghee or butter

• cardamom

• lemon juice

• grated lemon peel

• cocoa

• pine nuts

Preparation:

Heat the apple juice in a saucepan. Cut the apples and apricots into small pieces and let them simmer slightly. Add ghee or butter, cardamom, cocoa, and lemon peel. Now liquefy the compote (if needed) with a little water.

Next, roast the buckwheat briefly without fat. Now you can add the whole grain round rice and let cook together for 10 minutes. Finally, arrange the porridge together with the compote and garnish with the pine nuts.

6. Ayurvedic Breakfast Porridge: Coconut-Oats Porridge with Fresh Fruits

Ingredients:

• oat flakes

• coconut flakes

• coconut flour

• star anise

• ghee

• coconut milk

• fresh fruit for decoration

Preparation:

Let the ghee melt in the pan. Add oat flakes and lightly roast until it smells good. Then add 1 tablespoon of coconut flakes and 1 tablespoon of coconut flour and stir well. Add star anise and pour in coconut milk. Now stir everything vigorously so that nothing burns.

To sweeten the porridge, you can add some maple syrup or other natural sweeteners. The porridge can be served with fresh fruits.

Extra Tip: Golden Milk for Breakfast

Whether as a supplement to the Ayurvedic breakfast or for people who don’t want to eat in the morning, Golden Milk is a nutritious breakfast drink. With turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and pepper, the immune system is supported and the body is cleansed.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon turmeric powder

• 120 ml water

• freshly grated ginger

• a pinch of nutmeg

• a pinch of cinnamon

• a pinch of pepper

• 1 teaspoon coconut oil

• 350 ml plant-based drink of your choice

• if desired, 1 teaspoon honey for sweetening

Preparation:

First, put water, turmeric powder, and ginger in a pot and bring to a boil while stirring evenly. Then you can stir in the nutmeg. Let everything simmer until a slightly thick paste forms. This can be stored in the fridge for about 5 to 7 days.

Then heat the plant milk and stir in the paste. The more turmeric paste you use, the stronger the taste of the Golden Milk. Start with a teaspoon, turmeric lovers can use up to a tablespoon.

Then you can flavor the milk with cinnamon, pepper, coconut oil, and, if desired, honey. Stir well - and your Ayurvedic drinkis ready!