I am so deeply touched by so many responses to my blog, through WhatsApp messages and phone calls too. Here are a couple of them, posted in `comments' in this blog.
Meenal writes:
Superb ! I am in US presently & we have already decided to carry Nutribullet to India! The green juice tastes much better in it. As I said , a new chapter begins for us. Thanks
Prakash Savekari writes:
Your series on diabetes is really very good and informative. Perhaps after you cover all topics you could publish an ebook, which would be very beneficial to all. I am a diabetic for last 20 years. Now I am 64, but I always feel that I have lost the battle to control my diabetes. Your article has given me new hope.
Thanks for the wonderful write ups on diabetes. Looking forward to read more on diabetes.
Thank you, Meenal and Prakashji. It inspires me to share my experiences with you, more enthusiastically. Readers, this blog is not to give you any gyan but to narrate my journey of how Nature's Bounty is bountiful enough to drive Diabetes away - not only Diabetes - but even it is a great one for weight loss -I have lost 10 kgs ever since I have adopted this diet. These tips could help you too.
When you have pills, you will not make effort to switch over to a new and wonderful lifestyle comprising the right kind of diet and exercise. You will become chronically dependent on pills and your doctor, for, even with pills and insulin, sugar levels fluctuate. The worst part is nervousness and a sense of helplessness with fluctuating blood sugar levels. There is no need to panic. Bring in the right diet, go tight on your diet and there you are - your blood sugar levels come back to normal. Now, I am no authority to recommend that you should give up pills. I say, if you have the right kind of food at the right time, chew and ensure your digestion and elimination is at its best, your sugar levels will fall and the doctor will be inspired to reduce your medicines. So, help your Doctor And then, eliminate pills from your life. I have had pills only for 5 weeks after I was diagnosed for Diabetes in 2014 - thereafter, I have struggled (happily). Sometimes my numbers would go up - I never even considered having even half a pill. I worked towards bringing back to normal. It did. Once it took seven days - I didn't panic. Anyway, with medicines also, it is a trial and error method. So, why not with food? Be strong in your mind and heart. Jiyo toh shaan se...how dare these bitter pills make us weak in the knees? Damn them, Dare the Disease - take it on by its horns, never mentally succumb to it. Diabetes has been demonised by Modern Medicine. Hence, we get scared. To wean away from medicines and insulin, either you experiment on your own like I did or I highly recommend that you should join Dr Pramod Tripathi's programme.
In these days of fast food and restaurant eating, we tend to have a leaning towards spicy, gravy-laden and exotic cuisine. We are tempted to try cuisine of not only regions of our country but cuisines across the world. There is no harm in that, except that exotic and complicated food in everyday life does not really help conquering obesity especially fat-belly and any lifestyle disease including Diabetes. The good news is that many cuisines in different parts of the country and the world have dishes that are simple, healthy and tasty. Pick those to add to your recipe collection. Eat simple food. You should not waste your time in the kitchen making complex dishes that serve no good purpose to the stomach (sorry, foodies). My mother-in-law used to say, ``there are so many other exciting things to do in life, pursue those,'' - both of us would enter the kitchen one hour before lunch and dinner, cook, serve and eat! She is the one who inspired me to pursue journalism. I have so much to thank her (and my husband) for their relentless support.
So, here are a few easy to make vegetable recipes just to remind you that there is fantastic nutrition laden in these colourful vegetables. I shall post photographs as and when I make them. I am unable to locate the pics that I had earlier clicked and kept in a folder.
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| Vegetables come in so many lovely colours, stuffed with nutrients - savour them in generous quantities |
French Beans & Matki sprouts vegetable
Ingredients
French Beans - 250 gms
Matki sprouts - 50 gms
Green chillies - 1
Garlic cloves - 2 to 3
Crush garlic and green chillies together and keep aside
Corriander leaves and freshly grated coconut - for garnishing
for the tadka - mustard seeds, jeera, hing (asafoetida), haldi,
Salt to taste
Method
Cut french beans (not too finely).
Pressure cook (or steam in a pan) both, french beans and matki sprouts together. Just one whistle - it should not get overcooked.
Heat 1 or 2 teaspoons of oil (please use filtered (and not refined) groundnut, til or coconut oil), add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add jeera, hing powder and haldi. Add the crushed garlic and green chillies. Then immediately add the steamed french beans and matki sprouts. Add salt. Stir nicely. The vegetable is ready. Garnish with freshly grated coconut and coriander leaves.
Yellow Pumpkin & Capsicum vegetable
Ingredients
Yellow Pumpkin - 250 gms
Green Capsicum - one big sized or two small sized
Roasted groundnut powder or roasted til powder - 1 tspn
Kadipatta (curry leaves) - about 10
Tejpatta (indian bay leaves) - one small leaf
for tadka - mustard seeds, jeera, hing (asafoetida), haldi, methi seeds - half tspn
Corriander leaves and freshly grated coconut - for garnishing
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When they splutter add jeera - let it brown, add hing, haldi, then curry leaves, tejpatta and then methi seeds (do not allow them to get black). Add capsicum pieces. Stir for a minute. Add pumpkin pieces. Add groundnut or til powder, salt, red chilli powder and stir. Add just one tablespoon of water. Cover it and let it cook. Garnish with freshly grated coconut and coriander leaves.
Tuvar (Ridge Gourd) & Chana Dal vegetable
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| Tuvar (Ridge Gourd) & Chana Dal vegetable |
Ingredients
Tuvar (Ridge Gourd) 250 gms
Chana Dal - two tablespoons (steamed)
for tadka - mustard seeds, jeera, hing (asafoetida), haldi,
Dhania powder - half tspn
Corriander leaves for garnishing
Method
Steam the chana dal. Keep aside. Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. When they splutter, add jeera, hing and haldi. Add the cut Tuvar (skin it a bit before cutting). Cover and let it cook. Remove cover. Add chana dal,red chilli powder, dhania powder and stir well. Garnish with corriander leaves.
Cauliflower & Moong Dal vegetable
Ingredients
Cauliflower - 250 gms (cut in very small pieces)
Moong Dal - 1 tablespoon (soaked for an hour)
Green chillies
Garlic and ginger paste.
For tadka - mustard seeds, jeera, haldi
Corriander leaves
Method
Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds. Let them splutter. Add jeera and haldi. Add the soaked moong dal and cover it for it for two to three minutes. Add the cauliflower pieces. Add the garlic and ginger paste, salt and corriander leaves, chopped. Stir for a while till the ginger-garlic paste properly mixes with the vegetable. Cover until it cooks. You should not overcook the cauliflower.
All these vegetable recipes are very quick to make, taste delicious and have loads of nutrition. Make them a part of your daily cooking.
Please post similarly easily and nutritious recipes.
Cheers
Tomorrow: What can you eat when you go to a restaurant or when you go for a party so that your sugar levels do not go haywire
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