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Explore the Souther part of Indian continental food for weight loss.
India is diverse in nature either in food, culture, heritage and history. This gives India a high edge to have multiple food varieties under 100 km area in India. But here I will bring you to southern part of India which is known as Kerala. This is land of spices and rich in food culture. But this Kerala diet plan can also be your good friends for weight loss.
Why Kerala diet plan will work for weight loss ?
Kerala is rich for spices but if we take this spices in better way this will help us to minimize weight. There are many ingredients that will help you to boost metabolism, control cholesterol and also your stubborn weight.
- Coconut- based meals that will help you to provide healthy fats for sustained energy.
- Fermented foods like puttu with kadala curry that support gut health.
- Powerful spices like turmeric, black pepper, cardamom, cloves, fenugreek seeds that will help you to solve guts issue like indigestion, constipation, IBS ( irritable bowel syndrome ).
- Spices like cinnamon, cardamom, ginger and cumin have anti inflammatory properties which help in digestive issue like constipation, IBS and diarrhea.
- Fresh veggies like snake gourd, coconuts, spinach, drumsticks ( Kerala is tropical region of India so it always looks green and fresh their so many vegetables get additional benefits from environment ). if environment is good their is high chances vegetables will be rich in nutrition and healthy.
- Spices of Kerala is benediction for those who want to live a healthy life. It has multiple medical quality that can remove problem from roots. If we take that in regulated way.
Important things to keep in mind: this is designed for moderate activity level ( like yoga, walking, or light cardio exercise ). Now you can follow the special diet plan for your weight loss.
7 – days Kerala diet plan for weight loss.
Day 1
- Morning: Boil cumin seed water you can add some natural sugar in begging
- Breakfast: Puttu ( red rice ) with steamed banana.
- Lunch: Brown rice with thoran ( stir – fired beans & coconut ) and buttermilk curry.
- Dinner: vegetable soup and 2 whole wheat chapatis
Day 2
- Morning: Ginger tea with natural sugar like honey and jaggery
- Breakfast: Ragi dosa with sambhar coconut chutney and tomato chutney
- Lunch: Steamed Brown rice, cabbage thoran and sautéed fish curry
- Dinner: Oats upma with carrots, pea and beans you can add some more veggies
Day 3
- Morning: Roasted fenugreek seeds with Luke warm water
- Breakfast: Kadala curry with boiled red rice (appam).
- Lunch: Matta rice , avial ( mixed vegetables in light coconut paste ) and papaya salad.
- Dinner: Oats Upma with carrots, pea and beans you can add some more veggies.
Day 4
- Morning: Tulsi tea with cinnamon and honey according to your taste.
- Breakfast: Idli with sambar, tomato chutney and coconut chutney
- Lunch: matta rice , beetroot mezhukkupuratti and dal
- Dinner: Vegetable kichadi with one bowl of curd.
Day 5
- Morning: Boiled giloi water
- Breakfast: rava upma with green chillies
- Lunch: Red rice , drumstick sambar and cucumber pachadi salad.
- Dinner: Steamed fish with sautéed spinach with some beetroot salad.
Day 6
- Morning: Hot water with some celery seeds.
- Breakfast: puttu made with hald rice flour, half ragi flour and cowpea curry.
- Lunch: brown rice , snake gourd thoran and moru curry
- Dinner: vegetable stew with millet dosa.
Day 7
- Morning: cucumber water with should soak overnight
- Breakfast: steamed idiyappam with lightly spices vegetable Kurma
- Lunch: matta rice, ask gourd erissery and raw mango salad.
- Dinner: pumpkin soup with 1 chapati.
Pro tips to regulate the diet and compliance of diet
- Avoid sugar in snacks it will increase weight
- Add more protein rich foods
- Reduce rice consumption Kerala is also know for rice agriculture so people consume in more amount.
- Reduce fried snacks i know it is hard but you can cheat in once in a weak.
If you follow this diet with some regulation then surly you will reduce your unwanted weight.
Yes, you can reduce you weight upto 1 kg if you follow the strict diet plan without any cheat. People try and fail but if you are consistent then surly you will reduce your fat.
Absolutely. Kerala cuisine are more favourable to vegetarians cuisine like dosa, idle, uthappam and vegetable stew with appam are completely vegetarians food.
Yes, you can have rice, but in controlled way as they are rich in fibre and carbs. Which will help you to full fill your stomach for long time. But keep this in mind you can consume it in moderate way.
While the diet alone can help you lose some weight, combining it with light exercise beginner level yoga , walking , stretching and moderate cardio. It become deadly weapon for fat
