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Recipes to Know if You are Inviting a Diabetic Person to a Party

Posted On : Oct-26-2010 | seen (886) times | Article Word Count : 648 |

There are many people who practice a special diet due to several reasons. The main restriction in food comes for diabetic patients as a result they have to maintain strict restrictions in their diet. That is why it is difficult to cook for a diabetic person.
There are many people who practice a special diet due to several reasons. The main restriction in food comes for diabetic patients as a result they have to maintain strict restrictions in their diet. That is why it is difficult to cook for a diabetic person. Often we are at a fix when someone we invite to our party has a special dietary requirement. This dietary requirement might be due to their religious belief or health conditions. If this is the case we need to know about some special dishes to prepare for them. Below are given few recipes that are good for the patients who are diabetic and need to take precautions about their dishes.

1. Minestrone Soup

Ingredients required: Cabbage 115gm, Tomato115gm, Big Onion140gm, Carrot 115gm, Celery 10gm, Macaroni 55gm, Garlic 1pod, Salt & Pepper- to taste, Water -1litre, Oil - 1tsp.

Cooking Method: First slice all the different vegetables into pieces of smaller sizes. Next cut the big onions and the garlic into fine pieces. Now cut the macaroni in smaller pieces of ½ inches. Heat the oil and in it sauté the onion and the garlic. To it add the vegetable again and sauté again. In it add water and boil the mix. As the mix starts boiling, add macaroni to it. Now cook the vegetables as well as macaroni in low flame. Serve the dish hot. One can use vegetables, as much one requires.


2. Green Gram Dal Kichadi

Ingredients Required: Green gram dal (lentil) - 300gm, Rice- 150gm, Cumin seeds- 1/2tsp, Garam masala- 3/4tsp, Chilly powder- 1/2tsp, Powdered cinnamon- a small piece, Powdered cardamom - 3nos, Ginger - 20gm, Big onion - 60gm, Oil - 4dsp, Salt - to taste

Cooking Method: First clean the green gram dal and the rice and put into water separately. Next heat 2 tsp oil and in it sauté together Cumin seeds, Garam masala, Chilly powder, Powdered cinnamon and Powdered cardamom. To it add rice and dal and fry the mix lightly. Add double quantity of water to the mix and salt as required and cook well. Next sauté onion and ginger in t tsp of oil till reddish brown color and add this mix to the kichhidi. Stir well the mix and serve.

3. Ragi Chappathi

Ingredients Required: Ragi flour - 150gm, Salt - to taste

Cooking Method: Mix water and salt with Ragi flour and knead the mix well to make a dough. Now take small balls and roll the balls into small flat rounds of chappathis. Heat the chappathi on a pan as they are turned on both the sides.


4. Gram Chaat

Ingredients Required: Roasted bengal gram or chick peas - 1/2 cup, Sprouted green gram- 1 cup, Tomato chopped – 1, Onion chopped- 1, Coriander leaves finely chopped - 1 tsp, Green chili finely chopped - 1, Ginger grated - 1/2 tsp, Salt - to taste and Lemon juice- to taste

Cooking Method: First boil sprouts in water till it gets soft(it must not get soggy). Drain the water and cool the content. Now add all the ingredients to it and stir well. You can add some pinches of chaat masala to the mix. Serve the dish with tea or coffee.

5. Carrot chutney

Ingredients: Grated carrots- 200 g, Grated coconut - 2 tbsp, Coriander leaves- 1 bunch (chopped), Green chilies- 4, Salt- to taste, Pepper powder- to taste, Lemon juice - 1 tsp

Cooking Methods: Grind all the ingredients into a paste and serve.

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