#GetFitMarch - Yogurt, Half Full Meals and Bhel
It's all about choosing the lesser evil
Ingredients
- 1 cup moong green sprouts - blanched
- Handful puffed rice
- onions tomato coriander Finely chopped , ,
- Lemon juice
- Coriander mint chutney
- Tamarind date chutney (optional)
- 1 tbsp peanuts roasted
- Lemon juice
Instructions
- Mix together.
Notes
Here, most of the puffed rice is replaced by moong/mung sprouts
Mung sprouts are very low in calories at just 31 calories per 1 cup (104 grams), while being an excellent source of vitamin C, K and fiber.
Trust me, it take a long while to chomp down one cup of blanched sprouts with other raw veggies. By the time you reach the end, you're almost tired of chewing. And hey, in case you were wondering if I missed including the sev and the puris to top the bhel, I didn't call it 'healthy' for nothing :P
Yogurt, Dahi, Curds, Thayir
Trust me, if you want to get on a healthy eating spree, yogurt is your best friend. And I don't mean FroYo or gelato or some fancy-schmancy brand, but plain, simple, unflavoured, unsweetened, homemade yogurt. Eat a cup of it anytime you crave for something unhealthy, and the cravings will eventually vanish, and yogurt wins. 'Curd rice' is not a 'worldfamous' food in South India for nothing. It's also a superfood blessed with many nutritional qualities that I don't have to enumerate. You can google that :)
My biggest downside today is I did not reach my goal of 2 Litres water, I guess I would have had 1 Litre max, that too because I started my day with 250 ml water. Must work on this tomorrow
Resources:
Nolen gur is available in Bangalore on towness.com
(c) Nandita Iyer 2006-2015