Managing diabetes should not always sound like an intimidating task. At NutriKonnect, we can help you take it as an easy challenge through our strategically planned diet menus. Our diet is aimed at efforts that not only control diabetes in daily routine but also lower your 3 months average blood sugar. With a better control of Hba1c, you can significantly reduce the risk of future complications like cardiac issues, kidney damage as well as nerve damage
If you have been struggling with managing your blood sugars especially post meals, then we are here to help you with 14 easy, simple dinner options. Our expert Diabetes care Dietitian and Certitifed Diabetes Educator – Dr Rachana Jasani has strategically planned these dinner options for entire 2 weeks. These recipes can help you change your game of post dinner diabetes in a simple yet effective manner. But before we dive into these dinner recipes, lets first understand why is it important to control post dinner blood sugar; to understand this, click here
Ditch the fear of blood sugar and embrace these 14 sumptious recipes for dinner:
1. Rolled oats and chana flour chillas: Prefer dry roasting rolled oats or old fashioned oats and then make it in powdered form. As oats contain beta-glucan – a type of soluble fibre which has not only sugar lowering but also cholesterol reducing proterties; so it can prove to be highly beneficial if you involve oats in your daily routine. Adding chana flour i.e. besan adds to the proteins which also help in lowering blood sugars
2. Barley burrito bowl with guacomole: Barley is a fantastic replacement of white rice. Adding vegetables helps in increasing the fibre content and as avacados are rich sources of good fats, this combination is an excellent one to control diabetes
3. Buckwheat with moong dal khichdi and palak raita: Khichdi is a highly comforting food especially when it comes to eating after a stressful day. You may prefer adding vegetables of choice and couple it up with a raita. Prefer low fat curd (Cow milk and not Buffalo milk based curd)
4. Veg pulao with masoor dal and drumstick soup: To make this pulao, you can use high protein rice or aged rice usually known as low GI rice or high fibre rice or brown basmati rice. Prefer using a long grain rice over short grain rice (follow links given). Drumstick is a fibre rich vegetable containing a number of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which make it a superfood to control diabetes. Addition of dals makes the soup protein rich, satisfying as well as helps in lowering blood sugars
5. Paneer and chana tikkis with brocolli and almond soup: To make these tikkis you need is low fat paneer (follow link given). You may use either kabuli chana or green chana or black chana, alongside a soup makes this meal complete. Avoid ready to eat soups and avoid adding cornflour as a thickening agent. You may use natural and healthy thickeners like guar gum powder
6. Red lentil pasta and mixed dal soup with kidney beans: Red lentil pasta is an excellent replacement of refined flour pasta. You can couple it with red lentil soup or mixed dals soup and to keep blood sugars under tight control you may add some boiled kidney beans
7. Edamame noodles with tofu and stir fried vegetables: Edamame noodles is a delightful swap for refined flour noodles and it is gluten free too. You can add number of vegetables and tofu to make these noodles fibre ad protein rich. This way you can enjoy dinner without stress of rising blood sugar levels
8. Veg soya biryani with raita: If you have been craving for a delicious biryani but are worried about the rise in blood sugar then this recipe can become your saviour. For making soya biryani, you may prefer using defatted soya chunks or granules as these are excellent sources of lean protein with low fat. It is an excellent vegetarian protein. Due to the high protein, it does not spike the blood sugar immediately after eating. Coupling it with raita (made up of Cow milk) can offer even better blood sugar control
9. Bissibelle bhaat with sambar and pachdi: Bissibelle rice is a comforting and healthy South Indian recipe and is versatile when made using either low GI rice or high protein rice (links given above). It can be clubbed with either rasam or sambar and the addition of a pachdi makes it a complete meal. If you need a tighter control of blood sugar, you can use less rice and more dal and vegetable in the bissibelle rice
10. Stuffed pesuruttu wrap with hung curd dip: Pesuruttu is similar to a dosa but contains only whole moong and no rice. This makes it a great option to lower your blood sugar. When stuffed with vegetables like onion, capsicum, bell peppers it can play a significant role in lowering your blood sugars post meals. You can use either hung curd or hummus as a spread too on the pesuruttu or as a dip.
11. Jolodda roti with kadala: Jolodda roti is a Karnataka style roti made up of jowar flour. In order to make it more protein rich, you may follow this recipe. Kadala is a curry made up of chana and spices. This combination is perfect when you have a family lunch but wish to keep it simple and healthy. This combination that can be enjoyed with buttermilk and puttu
12. Oats and zucchini parathas with soya bhurji: Zucchini is a low calorie vegetable that combines well when added to flours. To make this recipe more versatile, you may add chana flour i.e. besan to roasted rolled oats flour as well as a small teaspoon roasted flaxseeds powder. Combining these parathas with a high protein option like defatted soya granules or chunks can further help in better diabetes control
13. Ragi thalipeeth with stir fried paneer and thecha: Thalipeeth is a famous Maharasthrian recipe. It is usually made of multigrains so you may use a ready to use thalipeeth flour or just ragi based thalipeeth. It is usually eaten with a spicy accompaniment called thecha which is a green chillies and peanuts based chutney. To add good quality proteins, you can add some paneer. Prefer low fat paneer and marinate paneer in thecha, it can be enjoyed with thalipeeth
14. Barley khichdi with Sindhi Sai bhaji: Sai bhaji is combination of dals with plenty of green leafy vegetables. Combining it with a barley khichdi makes it completely healthy as well as filling and comforting. Instead of barley, you may prefer to use other millets like barnyard millet or little millet or pearl millet or buckwheat to make this khichdi. Additionally, you may add buttermilk to make meal complete
With such delicious options, you surely may not have a scope of excuses to follow your diabetic diet. At NutriKonnect, we have helped more than 1000+ diabetic patients to manage their blood sugars in a completely scientifically proven manner. To have a personalized nutrition consultation, you may call us on 7208363223
