Indian food
Everything written about Indian food, newest first — 8 posts so far. Topics come from the tags on each post, so this page is complete by definition rather than by upkeep.
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Sugar in an ordinary Indian day, and the packet that calls itself healthy
Three cups of chai, four biscuits and one fruit drink add up faster than anyone expects. A day counted in teaspoons, and how to read the label that hid the rest of it.
Cooking with less oil: where the oil actually hides in an Indian kitchen
A teaspoon of oil is about 40 calories, and most kitchens spend ten of them without noticing. Here is where the oil goes, what to change first, and how to keep the flavour while you do it.
How to build a balanced thaali you will actually eat again tomorrow
Four jobs a plate has to do, how to judge the portions with your hands instead of a scale, and a worked 490-calorie lunch that carries about 40 grams of protein.
Fibre: the nutrient an Indian day is usually short on
The pulses and vegetables are already there, and most days still land short of what the guidance asks for. What 30 to 40 grams looks like in katoris, and the four additions that close the gap.
How much protein do you actually need on an Indian diet
A practical way to work out your own protein target — and what that looks like on a normal plate of dal, curd, roti and rice, with the honest ranges rather than a single number.
Weight loss with Indian food: what to change before you cut rice
Two ways this usually fails, the change that does most of the work, why rice is not the villain, and what a week of steady progress actually looks like.
How much protein is really in dal, and what the katori does not tell you
Toor, moong, chana and rajma in the portion you actually serve — plus why dal and roti together are worth more than either one alone, and when pulses stop being enough.
Breakfast in India: where the day's protein usually goes missing
Poha, upma, two idlis and a paratha each carry four to seven grams, which is less than most people assume. Why the first meal decides the rest of the day, and three real breakfasts that fix it.