A few ways - 1. Replacing white (milled and polished) rice with brown rice (or kerala red rice). Or maybe parboiled rice (puzhungu arisi in tamil) which is again unpolished.
2. Cutting down on whatever rice or wheat item (chapati, bread, rice) and filling up the gap with vegetables. In fact wholegrain wheat (bulgur / broken wheat / samba rava, rather than maida) instead of rice should also help with fiber content. 3. Using less oil in vegetables when you make curries - don't deep fry, stir fry in a teaspoonful of oil and use a nonstick 4. Less sugar in your coffee and one less coffee a day (or at least drink it black if you like it better that way) 5. Substituting oatmeal and oatmeal based recipes might help too On Friday 22 April 2011 04:23 PM, Ashwin N wrote: > IMO the typical South Indian daily food menu presented by the earlier > poster is quite close to reality. Heavy on starch, oil and fat. > > Are there certain small changes we can affect on this menu that will > have a positive impact on our health? > For example, instead of 3 servings of rice per meal, is it any better > if I replace 1 of the servings with chapati? > Or ... many of you have pointed out how the South Indian breakfast > choices are all starchy. Is there a healthier Indian/local alternative > for breakfast? > And so on ... please chime in with your input.
