Ayurvedic Breakfast: 6 Great & Delicious Recipes to Try at Home

An Ayurvedic breakfast offers the ideal start to the day – it is light, yet provides sufficient nourishment and energy. By being particularly mindful, you can balance all three Doshas and stimulate the digestive fire (Agni). A wonderful start to the day! Find tips here, as well as 6 great Ayurvedic breakfast recipes to try for yourself.

Breakfast in Ayurveda: How to Start Your Day Right

Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day. It provides us with energy and awakens our spirits. An Ayurvedic 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.

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

• Natural, fresh ingredients
• Seasonal products
• Light, warm dishes
• Moderate portions
• Do not combine dairy products with sour fruits

Tip: You can perfectly tailor your food to your Dosha type using our Ayurveda Food Table to start the day even more harmoniously!

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Especially during the winter months, you can eat more heartily than in summer. In Ayurveda, a good “appetizer” before the actual breakfast is a glass of warm water with lemon or ginger. This mixture activates your Agni and prepares your stomach for food intake. Additionally, it helps counteract the fluid loss from the previous night.

6 Ayurvedic Breakfast Recipes

In the Ayurvedic diet, warm dishes that are prepared and eaten in peace are preferred. 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 a remedy and medicine: through nutrition, the Doshas can be balanced, the digestive fire stimulated, and ailments alleviated. All good reasons to try these Ayurvedic recipes at least once!

Now to our Ayurvedic breakfast recipes – enjoy cooking and savoring them:

1. Sonnhof Classic: Date and 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 in water for several hours until the fruits are completely soft. Tip: The water should just barely cover the fruit.

Now squeeze out the juice of the ginger or mix the pepper with the cream and the fruit. Finally, let everything sit for 30 minutes and enjoy your Ayurvedic breakfast!

Why is this recipe Ayurvedic?

This simple Ayurvedic recipe is particularly good for Vata, and this breakfast is also pleasant for Pitta. As a Kapha type, you should enjoy it in small quantities.

Tip: Add 15 ground black peppercorns and ½ tsp ground cinnamon.

It is Ayurvedic because it places much less strain on your body than a typical Western breakfast of bread, jam, eggs, and so on. In this way, you do not slow down your Agni from the morning onwards, but rather fire it up! This is how you start the day full of energy!

2. Ayurvedic Vata Breakfast: Cereal Porridge with Spices & Fruit

This spicy breakfast porridge is particularly well-suited for Vata types.

Ingredients:

• 1 handful of oat flakes (or spelt, barley, wheat, etc.)
• Fruit (preferably seasonal & regional)
• 1 glass of warm water
• 1 glass of oat milk (or other plant-based milk)
• Spices such as fennel, cardamom & anise or cloves & cinnamon (recommended in winter)
• Sweetener such as honey (optional)

Preparation:

Heat a pot over medium heat. Then add the spices and toss them briefly. Now add the oat flakes – mix everything well and sauté briefly until the fragrance spreads throughout the room.

Then deglaze everything with warm water until the flakes are covered. Now 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 simply sauté the fruit in a pan or fry it with some ghee, butter, oil, or margarine. Arrange everything beautifully together and your delicious and nutritious breakfast is ready!

Why is this recipe Ayurvedic?

This can be explained quite simply. Firstly, the breakfast appeals well to all Doshas – especially Vata types. For Pittas, raw food is also quite suitable – but then not in combination with the cereal porridge. Kapha people may already be satisfied with their morning lemon water.

Otherwise, the breakfast is particularly great because it is warm in the Ayurvedic sense. A warm breakfast is simply ideal in both winter and summer!

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

Spelt is a particularly nutritious grain and, in a porridge with fruity apple, makes for a strengthening and delicious breakfast. It primarily balances Vata and Pitta.

Ingredients:

• Freshly ground spelt
• Freshly grated apple
• A little ghee
• Ground cardamom and cinnamon
• Fresh ginger
• Raisins
• Maple syrup or other natural sweeteners
• A little water

Preparation:

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

4. Breakfast Recipe: Quinoa and Green Spelt Porridge with Fruit

Green spelt is spelt harvested while still unripe and then dried, which has a delicious nutty flavor. It is rich in fiber and B vitamins. In an Ayurvedic breakfast porridge, it can be excellently combined with quinoa and fruit:

Ingredients:

• 125 g quinoa
• 1 cup green spelt (whole grain)
• 1 apple
• 1 pear
• 1 nectarine
• 1 handful of grapes
• 1 handful of blueberries
• Spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, cloves
• Agave syrup
• Water

Preparation:

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

Now take the fruit of your choice and cut it into bite-sized pieces. You can then gently heat this in a pot and stir occasionally until it seems soft enough to you. Finally, season with agave syrup and cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves as desired.

Now arrange the fruit on your quinoa and green spelt porridge and consume your breakfast dish while it is still warm!

Why is this recipe Ayurvedic?

This breakfast is also warm and therefore particularly easy to digest. Heating the fruit removes its acidity, which simply makes it easier to digest. Especially in the morning, your stomach is not burdened this way – and it also simply tastes good.

5. Breakfast Recipe: Rice and Buckwheat with Cocoa

Buckwheat and rice are naturally gluten-free and an excellent base for a balanced Ayurvedic breakfast porridge. The cocoa and dried fruits give this Ayurvedic breakfast a particularly delicious taste:

Ingredients:

• 6 tbsp buckwheat
• 1 cup short-grain brown rice
• 1 apple
• Dried apricots
• A little apple juice
• Small piece of ghee or butter
• Cardamom
• Lemon juice
• Grated lemon zest
• Cocoa
• Pine nuts

Preparation:

Heat the apple juice in a saucepan. Cut the apples and the apricots into small pieces and let both simmer gently. Add ghee or butter, cardamom, cocoa, and lemon zest. Now thin the compote (if necessary) with a little water.

Next, briefly toast the buckwheat without fat. Now you can add the short-grain brown rice and simmer together for 10 minutes. Finally, arrange the porridge together with the compote and garnish with the pine nuts.

Why is this recipe Ayurvedic?

This recipe is equally light and warm for your stomach. Together with natural, fresh, and seasonal products, you prepare yourself optimally for the day. You are satiated, but not overfull and have enough energy. We hope you enjoy trying it out!

6. Ayurvedic Breakfast Porridge: Coconut and Oat Porridge with Fresh Fruit

This coconut and oat porridge with fresh fruit is suitable for a tropical-summery Ayurvedic breakfast recipe.

Ingredients:

• Oat flakes
• Coconut flakes
• Coconut flour
• Star anise
• Ghee
• Coconut milk
• Fresh fruit for decoration

Preparation:

Melt the ghee in the pan. Add the oat flakes and toast lightly until fragrant. Then add 1 tbsp coconut flakes and 1 tbsp coconut flour and stir well. Add star anise and pour in the coconut milk. Now stir everything vigorously so that nothing burns.

To sweeten the porridge, a little maple syrup or other natural sweeteners can be added. The porridge can be served with fresh fruit.

Extra Tip: Golden Milk for Breakfast

Whether as a supplement to an Ayurvedic breakfast or for people who do not want to eat anything in the morning – Golden Milk is a nutritious breakfast drink. Turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and pepper support the immune system and cleanse the body.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp turmeric powder
• 120 ml water
• Freshly grated ginger
• 1 pinch of nutmeg
• 1 pinch of cinnamon
• 1 pinch of pepper
• 1 tsp coconut oil
• 350 ml plant-based drink of your choice
• Optional: 1 tsp honey for sweetening

Preparation:

First, put water, turmeric powder, and ginger in a pot and bring to a boil while stirring constantly. Then you can stir in the nutmeg. Let everything simmer until a slightly thick paste is formed. This can be kept in the refrigerator 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 will be. Start with one teaspoon; turmeric lovers can use up to one tablespoon.

You can then season the milk with cinnamon, pepper, coconut oil, and honey if desired. Stir well – and the Ayurvedic drink is ready! You can, of course, also enjoy your European Ayurveda® Golden Calm Evening Milk as a nightcap in the evening.