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.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

VERY HEALTHY ADAI

A Very Healthy Adai with special taste

Idli Rice                      -- 2 cups
Toor dhal                    -- 1/2  cup
Bengal Gram              -- 1/4 cup
Urad dhal                    -- 2 tbsn
Green gram                -- 1/2 cup
Red Chilli                   -- 6
Asafoetida                  --  1tsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves              -- a handful

1. Wash and Soak all these together  for 2 to 3 hours.
2. Grind all coarsely in the mixie.
3. Allow it to ferment for 6 hours. For morninh tiffin, you can prepare the dough in the night and for night dinner, you can prepare it in the morning and  keep.
4. A handful of coconut gratings is optional.
5. Minced onion, mixed with the dough is also optional, but mix the onion and cococnut at the time of making the adai, do not ferment the dough with the onion and coconut.
6. Making adai sprinkling ghee around is wonderful if you are not weight conscious, or else refined oil will do.
7. Best side dish is Idli podi with ginglee oil.

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