Why a blog on GD?

I thought of writing something on diet for Gestational Diabetes (GD) when my daughter-in-law had GD last year. Being a vegetarian, she had very little choice when it came to American hospital diet. She was admitted in the hospital on the 26th week of gestation with high GD and for about 3 weeks, I had to manage her diet with proper calculation of carbohydrate, protein and fibre.With proper guidance and wonderful cooperation from her dietitian, we could keep her glucose level under control. She delivered a girl baby on her 29th week, and both mother and daughter are doing great today.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

DIET IDLI FOR DIABETES

DIET  IDLI  FOR DIABETES
                                                            

Broken wheat (Samba) Rawa
2 cups
Yellow moong dhal
1 cup
Grated coconut(optional)
½ cup
Cut vegetables
1 cup
Onion pieces
1 cup
Green chilli pieces
1 tbsn
Coriander leaves
½ cup
Oil
2 tbsn
Pepper jeera powder
2 tsp
Salt to taste



  1. Cook moong dhal in the cooker with just enough water to cover the dhal and keep.
  2. Fry rawa well in one tbsn of oil and soak the fried rawa in just enough water to immerse it for about an hour.
  3. Season one tsp of mustard, urad dhal and chilli in one tbsn of oil.
  4. Add onion to it and after 2 minutes add the cut vegetables, add ½ cup water and cook well closing the tawa with a lid.
  5. When the vegetables are cooked and absorbe the water, add the soaked rawa to it and mix well adding salt.
  6. Mash the cooked moong dhal and add it to the vegetable rawa mix.
  7. By this mixing, the idli batter will have the right consistency.
  8. If not add one tbsn of curd to it.
  9. If it is watery, add one tbsn of either rice flour or gram flour and mix well.
  10. Make idlis in the idli pan and steam them for about 10 minutes.
  11. Idli chilli powder is the best combination for this idli.
  12. It is indeed a little lengthy process, but worth doing it considering its nutrition value.
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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 28.3gms( approximately 2 idlis)
Amount per Serving
Calories 74
Calories from Fat 9.9
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 1.1g
1%
Saturated Fat 0.3g
1%
Cholesterol 0mg
0%
Sodium 152mg
6%
Total Carbohydrate 14g
4%
Dietary Fiber 0g
0%
Sugars 0g
Protein 2.5g
5%

Est. Percent of Calories from:

Fat
13%
Carbs
73.8%
Protein
13.2%
With this value, the nutritional values of all vegetables and moong dhal have to be added to enhance the value of the idli. Best suited with idli chilli powder for morning breakfast or to carry for afternoon lunch.

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