need a good not boring Indian diet

You can eat the same foods you eat now. Eat less of them.

I m Indian n make Indian food often at home. But Indian good is so high in calorie Tht I substitute many things. End of the day it turns out to b some kind of fusion food. But still very tasty.

birchie1620 wrote: »

she_malhotra wrote: »

I am trying to loose weight so ce long but I give up on my diet can anyone suggest a not so difficult diet plan . and which works in India

I can offer you advocare 24 day challenge, it's a very good program . Here is my link https://www.advocare.com/160219775/Mobile/default.aspx

Oh really. Another miracle diet? You have all solutions in just 24 days? Pls leave us poor souls. We do love longer routes than the quick/ unhealthy fixes.
I think you are already getting 'appropriate' response in the thread you started.

So many great options. Eats lots of subji made with less oil or no oil at all (works well with greens). A roti or two, homemade, isn't that high in calories (use the recipe builder). Dal, brown lentils, rajma are great, but higher in calories. So I eat them like soup instead of on rice or with meat. I make canned (tin) fish curry/subji which you can eat with vegetables or a roti. Big egg white omelets with lots of veges. Adapt recipes with less oil/ghee and avoid fried foods. Use the recipe builder. Enjoy the awesome fresh fruits and coconut water you get there as well! Feel free to add me

I save calories by dicing veg, steaming it and then mixing it into the boiled rice to bulk it out. Daal made with onion, lentils and spices (no ghee) is fairly low cal too. And poppadums ....cook in the microwave instead of frying them. Mango chutney is very high calorie, but you can still have the taste by mixing a spoon of it into fat free natural yogurt. I also do baked onion bhaji by tipping the mix into a silicon cake tin and baking in a hot oven.

I know it's not perfect but I use cauliflower rice instead of basmati. I make butter chicken and replace the rice with cauliflower instead and use a small amount of heavy whipping cream instead of yogurt for thickener. That way I get a protein, fats and a veggie all in one meal. Try one small change at a time

guchii wrote: »

I m Indian n make Indian food often at home. But Indian good is so high in calorie Tht I substitute many things. End of the day it turns out to b some kind of fusion food. But still very tasty.

Can you share some recipes?

Can you get spaghetti squash over there? That's my favorite thing to use instead of rice or pasta. It's extremely low calorie, and it works really well as something to carry sauces. The taste is neutral.

Sarahb29 wrote: »

guchii wrote: »

I m Indian n make Indian food often at home. But Indian good is so high in calorie Tht I substitute many things. End of the day it turns out to b some kind of fusion food. But still very tasty.

Can you share some recipes?

One of my recipe for stir fry veggies. I keep experimenting. It does not have to be exact u can experiment with it.

NOTE: this will make big quantity. I would say 4-5 meals if served with brown rice.

Stir fry vegetables with tofu (sweet n spicy)

Ingredients:
1 large onion
2 large broccoli heads
1 large zucchini
3 large carrots
1 large yellow/red bell pepper
2 cups green beans
2-3 small jalapeño
3 cup mushrooms
8 large garlic clove (paste)
2 tbsp (ginger paste)
1/2 cup unsalted roasted peanuts
3 tbsp unsalted roasted sesame seeds
1 tsp olive oil
1 1/2 tsp Hakka noodles powder
1 tsp salt (to taste)
1 packet extra firm tofu

Sauce
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp spicy Szechwan sauce
1/2 cup tomato ketchup

Directions:

1. Drain the tofu and cut it in cube size. Let it drain till you cut vegetables

2. Combine soy sauce, Szechwan sauce and ketchup n put it aside.

3. Cut all the vegetables in cube or match stick size
(Match stick- carrots, zucchini, onion, jalapeño)
(Cube: bell pepper)

4. In an non stick pan sauté tofu until golden brown from all sides (no need to add oil)

5. Meantime take a big Wok set the gas on high n add olive oil

6. Add peanuts: sauté for a min

7. Add onion, ginger paste, garlic paste and jalapeño; sauté for 1-2 min

8. Add green beans to the pan: sauté for 2mins

9. Meantime sprinkle water on broccoli and microwave for 2-3 mins

10. Add carrots and salt to pan; sauté for 1. min (just add enough salt for onion, green beans n carrots- soy sauce will b added later n it has lots of salt)

11. Add Hakka noodle powder. N stir well.

12. Add yellow/red pepper to pan; sauté for a min

13. Add mushroom to pan; sauté for a min

14. Add cooked broccoli and sautéed tofu to pan along with combined sauce. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins or until all vegetables are flavored

15. Serve hot with brown rice n garnish by adding sesame seeds

(Note: If u don't eat much spice cut out the jalapeño and/or add less of Hakka noodle powder)

Let me know how it turns out.

Here is the picture of my stir fry

Sarahb29 wrote: »

WOW thank you, it looks delish!

Try it n let me know