This digestive aid or breath freshener is as delicious as it is easy to make. Beats the store bought versions hands down!
Fennel seeds (saunf) (1/4 cup)
Cumin seeds (jeera) (1/4 cup)
White sesame seeds (1/4 cup)
Split coriander seeds (dhana dhal) (1/4 cup)
Rock salt (to taste)
Rock sugar (misri) (to taste)
Ingredients
Preparation
Step 1
Roast each type of seed separately without oil. It is important to maintain a medium flame and stir constantly to prevent the seeds from burning. Sesame seeds require extra attention as they roast more quickly than the other seeds.
Step 2
Grind rock salt and rock sugar. Mix the ground salt and sugar with the roasted seeds.
Step 3
Once the seeds have cooled, place them in an air-tight container for storage.
Tip:
Consume a teaspoon of the mixture after every meal to freshen your breath and support digestion.
Tastes (Rasa)
Sweet (sesame seeds, rock sugar), sour (none), salty (rock salt), bitter (cumin, coriander), pungent (cumin, coriander, fennel), astringent (none).
Doshic Influence
Cumin is known for its digestive effects and has a warming effect on the body. It is great for kaphas and vatas while not being overly heating for pittas. Fennel is a wonderful spice with a delightful aroma and is great as a mouth freshener. It is good for stoking the digestive fire and helps relieve abdominal gas and spasms. It is great for vata and kapha. Coriander is also digestive - good for all doshas. Sesame seeds are strengthening, provide lubrication, and improve immunity, but can be both pitta and kapha aggravating. You may eliminate sesame seeds from the recipe if you have a pitta-kapha imbalance. Rock salt is also a great digestive aid. Overall, this recipe has many vata-kapha balancing ingredients but is safe for pittas in moderation especially without the sesame seeds. Rock sugar (mishri) is pitta pacifying and can help to cool down this recipe. This is a good post-meal digestive and breath freshener. This mukhwas is also great for people with food allergies.
Effects on the Mind (Gunas)
This mukhwas or digestive aid is sattvic in moderation and if made according to the person's individual doshic composition as stated in the Doshic Influence section.