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.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

HEALTHY VADAI

One more protein rich, fiber rich vadai with Green Gram Sprouts.

Green Gram sprouts             1/2 cup
Vegetables like carrot,green peas, broccoli,beans,palak
cut into small pieces              1 cup.
Grated Cheese                      1 tbsn
Gram flour                             1/2 cup
Chilli powder                         1tsp
Garam masala powder           1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder                   1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil to sprinkle

1.Microwave the sprouts for 4 minutes.
2.Add the vegetable pieces to it and microwave it for full 5 minutes.
3.Add chilli, salt and garam masala powder and grated cheese and blend well.
4.To hold the mixture tightly add the gram flour and mix well.
5.Divide the dough into small balls.
6.On a broad tawa, flatten the balls 4 or 5 at a time into small vadai.
7.Shallow fry them sprinkling a little oil around.
8.Turn sides and take out when golden brown.
9.Tomato sauce is the best side dish for it.

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