No Indian diet is complete without our appetizing “Accompaniments”! All of us love to have pickles, chutneys and papads with our daily meals. But the question is how healthy is it?
खाने के साथ - हिन्दी में पढ़ें (Lower Blood Pressure Accompaniments recipes in Hindi)
Especially for Hypertensives, all accompaniments are a big NO as they contain a large amount of salt and oil. And therefore hypertensives should avoid it as much as possible.
Read here for the top foods that lower blood pressure and include them in your diet.
Restrict the intake of salt to ¼ tsp – 1½ tsp per day depending on the severity of high blood pressure. Here is a list of Indian foods that will help you maintain your blood pressure or even better to reduce your blood pressure.
But once in a while, if you are craving for accompaniments, instead of having the ones loaded with salt and oil, you should try our range of healthy and salt restricted accompaniments like Carrot Pickle , Fresh Green Garlic Pickle, Raw Mango and Onion Chutney and so on…
Make sure the vegetables you choose to put in are low in sodium! Instead of using a lot of salt for taste, replace it with other adjuncts like lemon juice, tamarind and amchur powder.
Even though we have made efforts to restrict the salt content in these recipes, It is strongly recommended to have these recipes in small quantities occasionally. These low sodium accompaniments are thereby healthy alternatives to salt laden pickles and chutneys.
Make sure you do not make it a habit to have them daily!
So resist the temptation to shake you salt shakers on your accompaniments, instead try these once in a while allowed healthy options!
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Happy Cooking!