Ayurvedic Breakfast Porridge (+ the best granola topping ever!)

Name: Ayurvedic Breakfast Porridge (+ the best granola topping ever!)
Ingredients: 1 cup rolled oats (gluten-free if that is a concern; you can use buckwheat, millet or quinoa for kapha); 2 1/2 to 3 cups plant-based milk (e.g. almond milk for vata, oat milk or soy milk for pitta, and soy milk for kapha); 1/4 cup raisins (or dates, for pitta); 1 thumb-size piece of fresh ginger, peeled and minced; 1 apple (kapha) or pear (kapha, pitta) or plums (vata), chopped; 2 ripe bananas, mashed or sliced (vata; omit for kapha and pitta, and instead sweeten your porridge with honey or maple syrup afterwards); 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 4 cardamom seeds, crushed; (optional) 1-2 tsp of adaptogens such as maca, ashwagandha or reishi; toppings of your choice, e.g. maple syrup, coconut sugar, chopped nuts, seeds, dried fruit (such as dates, apricots or figs), coconut yoghurt, nut butter ...; 2 cups rolled oats; 1/2 cup raisins; 1/2 cup almonds, chopped; 1/4 cup shredded coconut; 1/4 cup buckwheat; 1/8 cup sunflower seeds; 1/8 cup pumpkin seeds; 2 tbsp chia seeds; 2 tbsp flaxseed; 2-4 tbsp cacao nibs; 1 tbsp cacao powder; 1/2 to 1 tsp salt; cinnamon, to taste; 2/3 cups syrup (e.g. molasses, maple syrup, agave syrup...); 5 tbsp coconut oil, melted; 1 tbsp tahini or other nut butter; porridge; the best granola topping ever; Maisy