Diabetics need to snack often as they don't as by having a large gap between meals will cause a drop in blood sugar level. So eat small frequent snacks between your breakfast, lunch and dinner.
South Indian diabetic snacks
South Indian snacks, while being fairly nutritious are often not suitable for diabetics. Instead of Idli we have green moong dal and vegetable idli recipe where rice is replaced by wholesome moong dal and vegetables.
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green moong dal vegetable idli recipe | split green gram idli | healthy green moong dal vegetable idli |
Adai is a crisp golden dosa made of rice and mixed dal. We have modified this popular South Indian breakfast recipe to use broken wheat with dals to make a healthy diabetic adai recipe.
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healthy adai recipe | diabetic adai | Indian style dalia adai without rice | Indian snack for diabetes |
Oats based diabetic snacks
Oats contain Magnesium that helps in improving insulin response and they are rich in fibre. So using oats in your snacks is good. Oats and moong dal tikki is a fibre and protein rich snack for diabetics.
Remove rice which is high in simple carbohydrates and use oats in healthy oats dosa recipe.
![oats dosa recipe | oats dosa for weight loss | Indian oats dosa with urad dal | oats dosa – healthy breakfast |]()
oats dosa recipe | oats dosa for weight loss | Indian oats dosa with urad dal | oats dosa – healthy breakfast |
3 great ingredients for diabetics : ragi + oats + whole wheat flour combine to make ragi and oats cracker with cucumber dip. The dip is made from low fat curds and cucumber.
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Ragi and Oat Crackers with Cucumber Dip
Karela in Diabetic Snacks
Karela is the number one go to ingredient for diabetics and we all struggle to eat it due to the strong bitter flavour. So try our karela tikki recipe which is made with low fat paneer, carrot and green peas. Have this with diabetic friendly garlic tomato chutney.
![karela tikki recipe | bottle gourd tikki | healthy Indian tikki | karela tikki with garlic tomato chutney |]()
karela tikki recipe | bottle gourd tikki | healthy Indian tikki | karela tikki with garlic tomato chutney |
Karela, garlic and onions form the base for these steamed karela muthai recipe.
karela muthia recipe | Indian bitter gourd steamed dumpling | healthy diabetic snack recipe|
![karela muthia recipe | Indian bitter gourd steamed dumpling | healthy diabetic snack recipe |]()
karela muthia recipe | Indian bitter gourd steamed dumpling | healthy diabetic snack recipe |
Sprouts used in Diabetic Snacks
Sprouts are low in calories, high in fibre and good for diabetics. We have created moong sprouts and spring onion tikkis which are bound together with oats.
![moong sprouts and spring onion tikki recipe | diabetic friendly moong sprouts cutlet | healthy moong tikki | moong sprout cutlet Indian snack |]()
moong sprouts and spring onion tikki recipe | diabetic friendly moong sprouts cutlet | healthy moong tikki | moong sprout cutlet Indian snack |
Take a whole wheat roti and stuff it with methi and moong sprouts to make a healthy methi and moong sprouts wrap recipe.
![methi and moong sprouts wrap recipe | sprouted moong wrap | sprouted moong roll for weight loss | healthy Indian wrap for diabetes |]()
methi and moong sprouts wrap recipe | sprouted moong wrap | sprouted moong roll for weight loss | healthy Indian wrap for diabetes |
chilla recipes for diabetics for weight loss
green moong dal chilla recipe | healthy mag ni dal na cheela | protein rich green lentil crepe |
![green moong dal chilla recipe | healthy mag ni dal na cheela | protein rich green lentil crepe |]()
green moong dal chilla recipe | healthy mag ni dal na cheela | protein rich green lentil crepe |
Disclaimer:
It is highly recommended that these recipes be relished by diabetics only occasionally and in small quantities. It is best to consult your doctor or dietitian for individual dietary needs.
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