Warming Spiced Mung Soup

Name: Warming Spiced Mung Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: indian
Ingredients: 3/4 cup whole green mung (soaked); 2 tsp fresh ginger; 1/4 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp cumin seeds; 1 cup chopped spinach; 4 cups water or light broth

A brothy whole-mung soup with ginger, black pepper, and greens — a light Kapha-clearing dinner.

Dinner · 45 min (10 prep, 35 cook) · serves 3 · indian · best in spring, winter

neutral for Vataneutral for Pittareduces Kapha

Tastes: astringent, pungent, bitter. Qualities: warm, light, dry. vegan · gluten-free

Ingredients

3/4 cup whole green mung (soaked)
2 tsp fresh ginger
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 cup chopped spinach
4 cups water or light broth

Method

Simmer soaked mung in water with ginger 30 minutes until tender.
Dry-toast cumin, grind, and add with black pepper.
Wilt in the spinach, season, and serve hot with lemon.

Agni note. An early, light, well-spiced dinner is the single most useful Kapha habit; this soup is built for it.

Substitutions

red lentils for whole mung — faster cooking, slightly more heating

Classical references: Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 27 — Annapanavidhi (ingredient properties) · Charaka Samhita — Sutrasthana 26 — Viruddha ahara (combining rules) · Lad Textbook Of Ayurveda — Modern kitchen adaptation

Source: AyurVeda Companion editorial. pending provider validation

Educational Ayurvedic cooking guidance, not medical advice. If you are managing a diagnosed condition, are pregnant, or take medication that interacts with food, check with your clinician first.