THE 'DIET' PLAN

THE 'DIET' PLAN

Are you on a special diet?
Here is a list that should help you choose easily.

Vegan (meatless, eggless, no milk/milk products, may contain refined sugar)


Adai or Rice and lentils pancake
Akbari Chhole / Chickpea in Yellow Gravy
Festival special - Almond Rolled sweets or Badam Katli
Aloo Bhindi
Aloo chaat
Aloo Gobi Rasedar OR Cauliflower Potato Curry
Aloo Methi (Potatoes and Fenugreek dry curry)
Aloo ki subzi (Plain potato curry)
Aloo paratha / Stuffed potato flatbread
Aloo parval Rasedar
Apricot Ice Cream
Apricot Mousse Cake or a Verrine?
Arachhu utta sambar (Sambar with fresh masala paste)
Avarakkai poduthuval
Also see Paratha fillings - a motley crowd!
Baayamma Upma
Bagels
Baigan ka bharta/Roasted eggplant
Baked potatoes
Banana bread and banana cake
Basil Mint No-cheese Risotto
Beans mezhukkupuratti / Sauteed String Beans
Beet Pulao
Bengali Kichuri
Besan ka chilla
Bharwan Khumb (Stuffed Mushrooms)
Bhindi Fry
Bhindi ki subzi
Bisi belebath / Rice, lentils and vegetables in on...
Bottlegourd juice
Brioche
Broccoli salad - A Summer Delight!
Brownies
Cauliflower and peas dry curry / Gobi Matar
Cauliflower salad
Chane ki dal OR Bengal gram lentils sauce
Cherry Tartlets
Chhole
Chickpea Pasta Soup
Chickpea salad in Italian dressing
Chocolate Crinkles
Chocolate Pudding
Chundal
Ciabatta bread
Cinnamon Cognac Truffles(Vegan)
Corn and Alfalfa Sprouts Salad
Corn And Vegetable Croquettes
Corn rice / Makai chaawal - I
Dal Khichdi
Dal Tadka
Dhingri badaami / Mushrooms in Almond Gravy
Dosa with Chinese filling
Dosa plain with chutney and molagapodi
Dry black chickpeas / aloo-chana sukha
Felafel dosa
Fig Kuchen or Fig Crumble Cake (Vegan)
Florentines
Focaccia bread
Gaajar ka halwa - I
Gaajar ka halwa - II
Gobi ke parathe
Gojavalakki
Gol-gappas
Green Gram Salad
Grissini
Gutte ki subzi
Herb sticks
Hot Cross Buns
Idli
Indian Spiced Bread OR Dill and onion bread
Instant Sevai or Dhidheer Sevai
Jhunka or Zunka
Julia Child's French Bread
Kaanda pohe (Beaten/flattened rice flakes with onions)
Kadala Paruppu Kootu / Lentils with vegetables
Keerai molagootal/Spinach in coconut gravy
Khatta / Spicy tamarind water
Khatti Arbi / Colocassia
Kidney Bean and Brown Rice Risotto - Italian
Koki
Kothimbir Vadi/Coriander Gramflour squares
Lal Mirch ka achaar / Spicy stuffed red chilly pickle
Light Fruit and Nut Vegan Cake
Lime/Lemon rice OR Elmichampazham chaadam
Mah ki dal / Dal Maharani / Kali Dal
Makai Bhaat or Corn Rice -II
Maaladu
Marjoram flavoured rice with grilled vegetables
Mathris - Indian savoury cookies
Matki or Moth Makhani (Veganly makhani:))
Mint masala dosa
Mint Rice
Missi Roti - Wheat and chickpea flour flatbread
Mix fruit
Mixed Sprout subzi/salad
Mooli ke parathe (Radish filled Indian flatbread)
Mulberry Ice Cream (Vegan)
Mushroom and Tofu curry
No cook Ooey Gooey Vegan Chocolate Pudding!
Oats Upma/Savoury Oats South Indian Style
Orange Saffron Rice
Oven-dried tomatoes
Palak Shorba ~ Spinach Soup - II
Pan Fried Tofu (serve hot)
Papaya smoothie
Paruppu Pradaman
Paruppu thogayal / Lentil chutney
Pesarattu
Pesto pasta
Phulka (Soft Indian flatbread)
Pindi Chhole (Dry / Sukhe)
Potato Bread
My own Potato filled bread
Porulvalanga Urundai
Pretzels
Pudina/Mint chutney
Puff pastry - Savory, Sweet and Plain versions
Puzhukku
Rajma
Rajma - Kidney beans in tomato sauce - II
Spicy Ginger Lemon Soopa
Strawberrry Bundt Cake
Strawberry Ice Cream
Tandoori Aloo / Grilled Potatoes
Tandoori Pesto Potatoes
Tarragon rice with kidney beans and baked potatoes
Tengai podi / Coconut powder
Thai Mango Sticky Rice Pudding OR Khao Niaow Ma Muang
Thakkali or Tomato rasam
Thalipeeth
Tri fruit punch
Ragi Dosa / Millet Dosa
Rajma
Red Hot Chilli Pepper
Rich moist almost vegan chocolate cake
Rosetta rolls
Rustic Coconut Cake
Soya Matar Pasanda
Spinach soup
Summer Fruit Tartlets
Swedish Tea Ring - Vegan
Sweet and savoury pongal
Szechuan Rice Supreme
Tofu Croquettes with Hummus
Tofu Cutlets (Tastes best while hot)
Tomato Pickle or 'Thakkali Thokku'
Tomato rice
Upma
Ullakazhangu Podimas ~ Potatoes rolled in coconut
Ullukazhaiga Roast / Potato Roast
Ullundu or Medu Vadai and Chutney
Vanilla Hearts
Various - Vegan Bundt Cakes
Varuthu Araitha Kootu
Vegan Carrot Cake
Vegetable Jalfrezi
Vegetable Pulav
Vella Cheedai / Hard Jaggery Balls
Vegan Bundt Cakes - Three versions
Vegan Cheesecake Brownies
Vegan Cutlets
Vegan Scones
Vella pori (Puffed rice balls)
Zeppoles, zapplas or simply fried donuts!
Zucchini and Coriander Flower Soup

Dishes made with milk/milk products
(Substitute milk with soy/rice milk/cashew milk/almond milk, and ghee or butter with vegan butter and oil for a vegan version)

Almond cookies
Apple fig shake
Atte ka sheera / Whole Wheat Halwa
Avadhi Tahiri Biryani
Aviyal
Bagels
Banana Nut Loaf
Chaas, Mor, Salty buttermilk
Cheese bread - II
Cream of mushroom (Soup)
Creamcheese pops
Crumpets
Dip canape topping - 1
Eggless Mango Ice Cream - King Alphonso
Eggless Mango Ice Cream made with Cottage Cheese
Gujiya / Stuffed Indian pastry (Holi speciality)
Hara Paneer Tikka
Herbed Cheese Braided Bread
Kulcha
Kulith ki kadhi/Horsegram in yogurt gravy
Mango banana frangipane tart
Mango Lassi (Mango yogurt shake)
Millet Pissaladiere and Millet Buns
Mulberry Ice Cream
Naan
Oatmeal bread
Pal payasam - Kheer
Paneer Bhurji - Scrambled Cottage Cheese
Paneer Makhani (Cottage cheese in gravy)
Pizza
Rasgulla
Red Grapes and Strawberry Semifredo
Spaghetti in Indian sauce
Spicy Paneer Nuggets
Tandoori Gobi - I
Thair chaadam or curd rice
Whole wheat buns

Dishes containing eggs
Monkey bread

Reduced fat or no fat dishes
Aloo Baingan Rasedar (Wet, vegan curry with potatoes and eggplant)
Aloo chaat
Aloo Gobi Rasedar OR Cauliflower Potato Curry
Apple fig shake
Apricot Ice Cream
Apricot Mousse Cake or a Verrine?
Aloo parval Rasedar
Avarakkai poduthuval
Baayamma Upma
Bagels
Banana bread and banana cake
Banana Nut Loaf
Bharwan Khumb (Stuffed Mushrooms)
Bhindi Fry
Bhindi ki subzi
Beet Pulao
Cauliflower salad
Chaas, Mor, Salty buttermilk
Chickpea salad in Italian dressing
Chundal
Chocolate Pudding
Ciabatta bread
Crumpets
Dal Khichdi
Dal Tadka
Dry black chickpeas / aloo-chana sukha
Gaajar ka halwa - II (Low-fat, vegan version)
Gojavalakki
Gol-gappas
Green Gram Salad
Grissini
Hara Paneer Tikka
Herb sticks
Julia Child's French Bread
Khatti Arbi / Colocassia
Keerai molagootal/Spinach in coconut gravy
Kidney Bean and Brown Rice Risotto - Italian
Kulith ki kadhi/Horsegram in yogurt gravy
Gutte ki subzi
Mathris - Indian savoury cookies (Traditionally, fatty. Mine is healthy!)
Mint Rice
Mixed Sprout subzi/salad
Mulberry Ice Cream (vegan)
No cook Ooey Gooey Vegan Chocolate Pudding!
Oatmeal bread
Orange Saffron Rice
Palak Shorba ~ Spinach Soup - II
Pan Fried Tofu (serve hot)
Paruppu thogayal / Lentil chutney
Pizza (Healthy base)
Pesarattu
Pesto pasta
Pongal (Savoury version)
Pretzels
Pudina/Mint chutney
Puzhukku
Ragi Dosa / Millet Dosa
Rasgulla
Soya Matar Pasanda
Spicy Ginger Lemon Soopa
Spinach soup
Szechuan Rice Supreme
Spicy Paneer Nuggets
Strawberrry Bundt Cake
Tandoori Aloo / Grilled Potatoes
Tandoori Pesto Potatoes
Tandoori Gobi - I
Thakkali or Tomato rasam
Tofu Croquettes with Hummus
Tomato rice
Ullukazhaiga Roast / Potato Roast
Various - Vegan Bundt Cakes
Vegan Carrot Cake
Vella Cheedai / Hard Jaggery Balls
Vella pori (Puffed rice balls)
Vegan Scones
Whole wheat buns
Zucchini and Coriander Flower Soup

Grilled delights
Bharwan Khumb (Stuffed Mushrooms)
Khatti Arbi / Colocassia
Kothimbir Vadi/Coriander Gramflour squares
Tandoori Aloo / Grilled Potatoes
Tandoori Gobi - I

Indulge once in a while - heavy dishes
Akbari Chhole / Chickpea in Yellow Gravy
Almond cookies
Aloo Bhindi
Aloo Methi (Potatoes and Fenugreek dry curry)
Aloo paratha / Stuffed potato flatbread
Avadhi Tahiri Biryani
Black Plum Tartes Tatin
Brownies
Brioche
Chocolate Crinkles
Corn And Vegetable Croquettes
Dhingri badaami / Mushrooms in Almond Gravy
Eggless Mango Ice Cream - King Alphonso
Florentines
Gaajar ka halwa - I
Herbed Cheese Braided Bread
Hot Cross Buns
Jhunka or Zunka
Koki
Kulcha, chhole aur khatta
Mah ki dal / Dal Maharani / Kali Dal (Made lowfat, yet heavy)
Mango banana frangipane tart
Matki or Moth Makhani
Millet Pissaladiere and Millet Buns
Mint masala dosa
Monkey bread
Mooli ke parathe (Radish filled Indian flatbread)
Mushroom and Tofu curry
Naan
Pal payasam - Kheer
Paneer Makhani (Cottage cheese in gravy)
Pongal (Sweet version)
Rajma
Red Grapes and Strawberry Semifredo
Rosetta rolls
Swedish Tea Ring
Thalipeeth
Tofu Cutlets (Tastes best while hot)
Vanilla Hearts
Vegan Cheesecake Brownies

Proteins (inclusive of pulses and legumes)
Akbari Chhole / Chickpea in Yellow Gravy
Bengali Kichuri
Besan ka chilla
Chickpea salad in Italian dressing
Chhole with kulcha
Chocolate Pudding
Chundal
Cream of mushroom
Dal Khichdi
Dal Tadka
Dhingri badaami / Mushrooms in Almond Gravy
Dosa with Chinese filling
Dosa plain with chutney and molagapodi
Dry black chickpeas / aloo-chana sukha
Felafel dosa
Gutte ki subzi
Hara Paneer Tikka
Jhunka or Zunka
Kadala Paruppu Kootu / Lentils with vegetables
Keerai molagootal/Spinach in coconut gravy
Kidney Bean and Brown Rice Risotto - Italian
Kothimbir Vadi/Coriander Gramflour squares
Kulith ki kadhi/Horsegram in yogurt gravy
Maaladu
Mah ki dal / Dal Maharani / Kali Dal (Made lowfat)
Matki or Moth Makhani
Mixed Sprout subzi/salad
Mushroom and Tofu curry
Paneer Bhurji - Scrambled Cottage Cheese
Pan Fried Tofu (serve hot)
Paneer Makhani (Cottage cheese in gravy)
Paruppu Pradaman
Paruppu thogayal / Lentil chutney
Pesarattu
Pindi Chhole (Dry / Sukhe)
Porulvalanga Urundai
Puzhukku
Rajma
Soya Matar Pasanda
Spicy Ginger Lemon Soopa
Spicy Paneer Nuggets
Thair chaadam or curd rice
Thalipeeth
Tofu Croquettes with Hummus
Varuthu Araitha Kootu

Carbohydrates (Rice, potatoes and breads)
Aloo Baingan Rasedar (Wet, vegan curry with potatoes and eggplant)
Aloo chaat
Aloo Gobi Rasedar OR Cauliflower Potato Curry
Aloo ki subzi (Plain potato curry)
Aloo paratha / Stuffed potato flatbread
Aloo parval Rasedar
Also see Paratha fillings - a motley crowd!
Avadhi Tahiri Biryani
Baayamma Upma
Bagels
Beet Pulao
Banana bread and banana cake
Banana Nut Loaf
Bengali Kichuri
Brioche
Ciabatta bread
Corn rice / Makai chaawal - I
Crumpets
Dal Khichdi
Dosa with Chinese filling
Dosa plain with chutney and molagapodi
Focaccia bread
Gojavalakki
Grissini
Herbed Cheese Braided Bread
Herb sticks
Hot Cross Buns
Julia Child's French Bread
Kidney Bean and Brown Rice Risotto - Italian
Koki
Makai Bhaat or Corn Rice -II
Mathris - Indian savoury cookies
Millet Pissaladiere and Millet Buns
Mint masala dosa
Mint Rice
Monkey bread
Mooli ke parathe (Radish filled Indian flatbread)
Naan
Oatmeal bread
Orange Saffron Rice
Pal payasam - Kheer
Pesto pasta
Phulka (Soft Indian flatbread)
Pizza
Pongal (Sweet and savoury)
Potato Bread
Pretzels
Rosetta rolls
Spaghetti in Indian sauce
Swedish Tea Ring - Vegan
Szechuan Rice Supreme
Tandoori Aloo / Grilled Potatoes
Tandoori Pesto Potatoes
Thair chaadam or curd rice
Thalipeeth
Tofu Cutlets (Tastes best while hot)
Tomato rice
Ullukazhaiga Roast / Potato Roast
Upma
Various - Vegan Bundt Cakes
Vegan Carrot Cake
Vegan Hot Cross Buns
Vegan Scones
Vegetable Pulav
Whole wheat buns


Vitamin and mineral - energy boosters
Apple fig shake
Bharwan Khumb (Stuffed Mushrooms)
Bottlegourd juice (Detox juice)
Chaas, Mor, Salty buttermilk
Cauliflower salad
Eggless Mango Ice Cream - King Alphonso
Green Gram Salad
Mango Lassi (Mango yogurt shake)
Mix fruit
Mixed Sprout subzi/salad
Palak Shorba ~ Spinach Soup - II
Papaya smoothie
Ragi Dosa / Millet Dosa (Calcium)
Red Hot Chilli Pepper
Spinach soup
Thakkali or Tomato rasam
Thair chaadam or curd rice
Tri fruit punch

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