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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
| I don’t blame the client at doubting the benefits of eating regular dal-roti-sabzi. Eating dal-roti-sabzi is so ingrained into our upbringing that it’s more like a case of ghar-ki-murgi-daal-barabar. 🐣 We don’t see its value. If you enjoy salads and you eat them regularly in addition to cooked sabzi, that’s great. But one shouldn’t assume that to stay healthy and/or lose weight, eating salads is “essential”. Vegetables cooked in Indian style STILL supply your body with fiber, water, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants & essential phytonutrients (the small & many-unknown vital nutrients found only in plant-foods). Sure, raw salads do ‘look’ more nutritious. And, every health-freak you know is eating fancy salads everyday. However, when it comes to the good-for-you components of foods, “It’s not what you eat, it’s what you absorb.” When you cook your veggies, you lose some nutrients. But - and here’s the catch - other nutrients become more available for your body to use. For example, raw spinach only has 30 mg/cup of calcium, but cooked spinach has 245 mg/cup … because heating releases the bound calcium! And cooking has other benefits too…. A 2009 study conducted by Harvard University showed that COOKING : 💪 Aids chewing 💪 Increases digestibility, and 💪 Improves the net energy value of foods The IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER, when cooking your vegetables, is to: 🥕 Be mindful of the QUALITY of oil/ghee used. Steer clear of refined oils, buy the kachchi dhani oils (angrezi mein kehte hain ki “cold-pressed” oil) whether mustard oil, groundnut oil, sesame oil, etc. 🥕 Be mindful of the QUANTITY of oil/ghee you add. One small kadchi is enough for a family of 4-5. After you finish eating the sabzi, do you see traces of residual oil on your bowl/plate? If yes, chances are there IS too much oil in the sabzi. 🥕 Buy the sabzi when it is in season (and no, bhindi is not in season right now) & those that are local to your region 🥕 Try and befriend all the colours. Eat the rainbow, like they say 🌈 🥕 Limit deep frying (koftey/pakodey etc) to once a week or lesser depending upon how fast you want to lose weight 😊 🥕 If you’re cooking them in water, make sure not to throw the water away. Use it in that sabzi or save the water & knead your dough in it. 🥕 And most importantly, EAT them, knowing fully well that they are doing as much good to your health as a bowl of salad. As far as possible, at every meal. So - cook them / boil them / steam them / eat them raw - do what you need to make sure you “eat” your vegetables. After all, the food that was never eaten, never managed to get its nutrients absorbed into our bodies. |
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Thanks for sharing.