Postpartum Diet
Different culture across the world follow different postpartum diets. Each of those diets are focused on providing nutrition, improve healing on labour savaged women" s bodies and also enhance milk supply to the milk ducks.Following recipes r for diets commonly followed( mostly in South India) by new mothers. they r typically followed for the first twenty one days after delivery.
Dry Ginger Powder
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Dry Giger |
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Dry Ginger Powder |
Eating foods that generate heat in the body is recommended for quick healing of the uterus. Dry ginger powder (2to3tsp) mixed with ghee should be heated in microwave or on stove until it reaches its boiling point. This ginger mix should be taken with rice and salt before consuming any other foods during lunch. you can also mix jaggery if you prefer sweets option. Dry ginger powder is available in most grocery shops. (Heat dry ginger and ghee seprately for 1minute in microwave)
Ridge gourd fry
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Ridge gourd fry
Ingredients
- Rid gourd 2 (cut into pieces)
- Salt to taste
For seasoning
- Garlic cloves 8
- Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
- Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
- Red chili 2
- Til oil 3 tsp
Procedure
- Heat oil in a thick bottom pan, seasoning with garlic, mustard seeds cumin seeds, red chili. Add rid gourd pieces. Mix well and lid it (don’t add water).
- Cook till the rid gourd pieces become soft. Add salt, mix well, fry for few minutes.
- Serve with roti or rice.
Garlic cloves karam
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Garlic cloves karam
Ingredients
- Garlic cloves ½ cup
- Till oil 1 cup
- Red chili powder 1 tsp
- Salt to tas
- Heat oil Iin a pan and add garlic cloves.
- Fry them till its
colour become brown.
- Remove from flame.
- After a while add red chili powder and
salt, mix well.
- Eat daily with rice or roti.
Red gram dal kattu
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Red gram dal kattu
Ingredients
- Toor dal 1cup
- Turmeric powder 1 pinch
- Salt to taste
For seasoning
- Garlic cloves 8
- Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
- Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
- Red chili 2
- Curry leaves
- Til oil 1 tsp
Procedure
- Cook toor dal in a pressure cooker. Mesh it slightly.
- Heat oil in a thick bottom vessel and seasoning with garlic cloves, red chili, mustard seeds, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
- Add dal turmeric powder and salt, cook till it boil. Cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove from flame.
- Serve with hot rice or roti.
Raw garlic clove kaaram
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Raw garlic clove kaaram |
Red gram dal chatni
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Red gram dal chatni
Ingredients:
- Toordal 1 cup
- Red chili 1
- Cumin seeds 1 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil 2 tsp
- Garlic cloves 3 (option)
Procedure :
- Heat oil in a pan add red chili saute for 1 minute add toordal , sauté it till its colour becomes light brown.
- Add cumin seeds and sauté for few minutes.
- Remove from the flame , allow it to cool.
- Take dal in a grinder jar. Add salt and garlic.Grind it till it becomes light rough paste (add sufficient water while grinding.)
- Take chatni in a bowl.
- Serve with rice or roti
(It can be prepared with Green gram dal and also with Bengal gram dal by the same process)
Tindora Fry
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Ingredients
- Tindora (Small size)
30 cut into pieces
- Oil Garlic cloves
8
- Mustard seeds 1/2tsp
- Cumin seeds 1/2tsp
- Red chili 2
- Til oil 3 tsp
- Salt to taste
Procedure
- Cook tindora pieces in a
pressure cooker adding little water (for two whistles). Remove from the cooker. Keep
it aside.
- Heat oil in a thick bottom pan, seasoning with
garlic, mustard seeds cumin seeds and red chili.
- Add cooked tindora pieces, and salt, mix well. Lid it for few
minutes.
- Remove the lid and fry till the tindora pieces become light
brown in colour. Serve with roti or rice.
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