Try this two-ingredient Ayurvedic breakfast to detox before the festive season!

The festive season is all set to kick in! Before we know it, there will be plates and plates of appetizing sweets, tempting snacks, biscuits and gift boxes coming our way. Even if you are diet conscious, chances are that you won't be able to say no to the offerings and stick to the diet plan and instead, end up going on a festive binge session! While it is important to enjoy the festivities and indulge to your heart's extent, it is also important to take care of your body and not go overboard with the cravings. If you ask us, what could be better than giving yourself the gift of good health this season, without actually having to give up on sweets or snacks?

During the festive season, healthy eating habits go for a toss. Just as you stay busy, so does your body! In between all those mindless snacking sessions, your organs get into an overdrive battling the heavy indulgences. This can leave you feeling stressed and bloated and prone to chronic health problems too. Ayurveda, as a traditional system of healing, offers solutions to this by offering you to eat the right food at the right time which can balance out the body's Dosha, Pitta, and Vatta and Kapha. Here is one such Ayurveda supported preparation which can help you detox and balance out the binge eating sessions in an easy way!

According to Ayurvedic beliefs, apple is a superfood which, when had ripe and fresh, increases Ojas (digestion) and helps boost your immunity and bodily strength. When had in a cooked form or a stew, they bring in many other benefits, flush away toxins, balance the body's Kapha and even ease constipation. Hence, it is widely suggested that one should begin the day with a cup of stewed apples, which can also boost your metabolism.

This two-ingredient breakfast can supercharge your system and give you the right dose of energy you need throughout the day. Here is how you can make it:

1 apple (medium-sized)

1/2 cup water

2 whole cloves (you can also choose to use cinnamon in this preparation)

To make this easy breakfast, start by boiling the water in a saucepan. To this, add pieces of cloves or cinnamon stick to this. Once the water starts to turn fragrant, add some pieces of apple (peeled and chopped). Cover it and simmer down for five minutes. Turn off the heat once the apple mixture turns soft, translucent but make sure it does not get extremely mushy.

What you eat in the morning sets the tone for the day. That is why it is important to keep your breakfasts light, energy-filled and not something which makes you sluggish or lethargic.

If you thought apples made for a good snack just in between meals, think again. In the mornings, post our sleep, we need to reignite our system with easily digestible foods and skip heavy food items. This apple meal can help you in brilliant ways. The red fruit not only contains a good dose of dietary fiber, but the light snack also regulates digestion, smoothens bowel movement and when you have apples in their stewed form, it can even help build an appetite for lunch.

During the festive season when you need something to vitalize and refresh the system, this apple stew recipe can keep you feeling light, energized and remove excess heat generated in the body with all the overloaded spices you eat! The additional ingredients used in this recipe like clove or cinnamon have been found to have super benefits for the immune system, optimize the pH levels and acidity in the digestive system, cleanse the organs and strengthen your digestive system-which is all you need before a heavyweight festive season. It is also warm and soothing, which is excellent for the body. It can also help act as a preventive measure against colds and flu during the changing season.