Indian Diet For Weight Loss

The Indian diet contains a lot of rice, vegetables and fruits. In addition, Indian foods are spicy as they contain many different spices, and these are exactly what can help you lose weight.

Weight loss diets are numerous, but many are unbalanced, overly strict, and unhealthy. But do you already know the  Indian diet ?

Therefore, one must be very careful when choosing a weight loss diet. Today’s article is about the Indian diet , which is built on millennial traditions.

What is the Indian Diet?

When you read the word “diet” you may immediately think of a restrictive diet that bans many foods. But this does not have to be the case.

A wide variety of ingredients and dishes that have a very long tradition are used in Indian cuisine. Here are  proteins and carbohydrates are not mixed and carefully selected ingredients for individual dishes. 

Whole grain rice is the basis of the Indian diet. This is prepared together with a lot of vegetables and some fruit (oranges, apples, lemons and grapefruit).

• 3 meals a day are recommended. If necessary, you can have a snack between meals or a bite to eat before going to bed if you are hungry.
• However, it should be a small piece of fruit or a low-fat yogurt.
• In addition, it is advisable to chew all food well (around 100 times) in order to achieve complete digestion. This means that the food does not stay in the stomach as long.
• During the day, on this diet, you drink 2 liters of water and green tea (as much as you want, but without sugar or other sweeteners).
• Exercise should not be missing in this diet either:  a daily 40-minute walk is recommended.

What speaks for or against the Indian diet?

Many use this diet for weight loss,  because it can lose up to 4 kg in two weeks.

However, this diet is very monotonous, requires strong willpower and is not recommended for people with low blood pressure.

The  Indian diet should not be followed for more than 15 days as it does not contain all the essential vitamins and nutrients. For example, you could be deficient in vitamins A, B12 and D, or iron and calcium.

Most important in this diet is the combination of foods. For example, you can have lasagna or pasta with vegetables, an egg omelette with onions and tomatoes, rice with vegetables, red meat (not beef) with lettuce, etc.

Examples of dishes in the Indian diet

For those who like to cook and do not want to be bored with this diet, typical Indian dishes are recommended, with which the desired goal can then be achieved. So the diet is not so monotonous or restrictive.

Aloo Gobi

This traditional vegetarian dish is made with potatoes, cabbage, basil and onions. It is generously seasoned with turmeric.

It’s a stew that  curbs appetite, but can cause gas.

ingredients

• 2 potatoes
• ¼ cabbage
• 3 onions
• 2 tablespoons of garlic and ginger paste (30 g)
• 3 tablespoons paprika powder (30 g)
• 2 tablespoons turmeric (20 g)
• 4 tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons of cumin powder (20 g)
• 2 tablespoons of ground coriander (20 g)
• Olive oil and salt as desired
• Optional caraway seeds for decoration

preparation

• Peel the potatoes and then cut them into large cubes. Cut the cabbage.

• Then fry both in olive oil for around 20 minutes.
• Finely chop the onions. Cut the tomatoes into wedges.
• In another pan, the onions are fried with a little oil, then the garlic and ginger paste and all the other spices are added.
• Add the potatoes and cabbage, then add some water to the pot to make the stew a little thinner.
• Serve with the tomatoes and caraway seeds.

Tandoori masala

This recipe contains important proteins and helps control appetite. However, you should use the skinless chicken, as it is high in fat.

This dish gets its characteristic taste from the spice mixture Tandoori masala, which is available in powder form and contains hot peppers, caraway seeds, paprika, garlic, ginger and coriander.

Ingredients

• 1 cup of natural yogurt (200 g)
• 1 tablespoon of  tandoori masala  (20 g)
• a whole chicken (skinless)
• 1 onion
• 1 lemon

preparation

• Mix the yoghurt with the spice Tandoori masala  in a container  .
• Divide the chicken and place on a previously greased baking sheet.
• Then pour the yogurt mixture over it.
• Then leave to marinate in the refrigerator for two hours.
• Then heat the oven. Chop the onion and slice the lemon.
• Place the marinated chicken pieces on top and roast in the oven until the chicken is golden brown and well done inside.

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