Healthy food habits are key to a healthy lifestyle. Nowadays, there are several diet plans one can follow for weight loss. In this blog, we have prepared a Kerala diet plan for weight loss. The reason to choose the Kerala diet plan for weight loss is that South Indian foods have a specialty for being prepared with less oil and spices. Despite being cooked in minimum oil and spices, South Indian foods are tasty and healthy.
Following is the whole-day Kerala diet plan for weight loss:-
Early Morning
- Drink a glass of lukewarm lemon water to start your day, as it will detox the body and help to boost metabolism.
- Then have a cup of black tea without sugar and two multigrain biscuits.
Breakfast
- To have a healthy breakfast you can have idli or dosa. You can use whole-grain batter to add fiber. Along with that, you can add a small bowl of sambar which is a good source of protein and nutrients.
- Sometimes you can also go for Kerala appam but not more than two, or you can have one Kerala paratha.
Snack
- Grab a bowl of mixed fruits including apple, pear, papaya, grapes, and so on. Make sure to consume fruits that have less sugar in them. Being rich in fiber, and vitamins these fruits will keep your tummy full till you are having lunch.
Lunch
- One small bowl of rice. Brown rice is preferable as it has fiber which is good for digestion.
- Along with it have a small bowl of vegetable curry. You can also choose thoran, which is a dry vegetable stir-fry cooked in minimum oil.
- If you are non-vegetarian then you can add less oily fish dishes for protein. Try to exclude the fat portion of the fish.
Note: – after completing your lunch try walking for 20-30 minutes as it will improve your digestion.
Evening snack
- One cup of black tea without sugar or green tea with two whole-grain crackers. Green tea is preferable as it helps in weight loss.
- In addition, you can have boiled sweet potato for energy.
Dinner (should always be light)
- One whole wheat chapatti or roti, with a small bowl of mixed vegetables.
- Include a small bowl of salad having cucumber, carrot, and beetroot. Must avoid high-calorie dressing.
Note: – try to complete your dinner by 8 p.m.
Before bed
- One glass of warm milk and a pinch of turmeric will be better. Turmeric is a great element for digestion and weight loss.
Kerala Diet Plan Recipes
1. Beetroot Thoran
- Heat a spoon of coconut oil, and add some mustard seeds and urad dal, stir till they start spluttering.
- Add 2 cups of grated beetroot and some salt, and stir occasionally.
- Now, take a separate pan or small vessel and add half a cup grated coconut, 2-3 shallots (an onion variant), chili powder, garlic, turmeric powder, cumin, and stir.
- Check the beet now, if it has turned soft, add the other coconut mixture and some curry leaves for flavor.
- Cover for 2 minutes, open and serve.
Your delicious and healthy Beetroot Thoran is now ready to devour.
2. Tamarind Rice or Pulihora
- First, cook some rice with salt, some turmeric powder, and a spoonful of sesame oil, and set it aside
- Now take a pan, add some sesame oil, some peanuts, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, chana dal, and curry leaves and stir till they start spluttering.
- Now add some heeng powder (Asafoetida), turmeric powder, red chili powder, and some grated ginger, you can also add chopped green chilies if you like your rice to be spicy, stir and cook for a minute.
- Now add tamarind juice and salt as per taste to this mixture and cook till you see the oil separating from the spice mix.
- Turn off the gas and add the cooked rice and stir gently to combine the spices with the rice, add some sesame powder, and cover with a lid.
- Garnish with some fried peanuts and curry leaves which are optional.
- Your delicious sour tamarind rice is now ready to eat!
Kerala Diet Chart for Weight Loss
Some Basic Steps to Keep an Eye on Your Weight
- Breakfast is the most important meal for anyone, after more than 8 hours of fasting. So you never skip that. Most of the time college college-going students or working children skip their breakfast due to a shortage of time, but they don’t understand this can lead to exhaustion, and they can feel cranky until their next meal. Skipping your breakfast will lead you to overeating in the evening which is another cause for weight gain.
- If you are going out shopping nearby, then prefer to walk instead of taking your car or bike. Always remember walking is the best exercise we can have.
- Doctors suggest drinking a minimum of 3-4L of water per day, and so are we. During the evening when you feel hungry, and about to grab your snack box just check whether it’s your hunger or thirst.
- Your fridge should be filled with fruits, and healthy food items, so whenever you feel hungry and will open your fridge your only choice will be to eat healthy.
- If you are about to attend a party at night then have something healthy before you leave the house, so that by the time you reach the party you will not be famished, and will not end up choosing the wrong food items.
- If you are at home and feeling low, just go out for a walk. Feel the fresh air, increase your appetite, and get relief from emotional baggage.
In this blog about diet plan for weight loss Kerala, we have only stated the required food items with fewer calories. If you want better results you have to include a minimum of 30 minutes of vigorous exercise in your daily routine. Read here Kulekhara’s Leaves.Â
