Sample diabetic menu

How to Prepare / Make / Cook - ?Diabetic menu

Daily allowance: 500 ml milk and 30 fat (ghee, butter, oil, margarine or cheese)
6 a.m. :

1 cup (120 ml) milk/tea/coffee(no sugar and milk)

8 a.m. :

1 cup khichdi/2 idlis/ 2 dosas/2bread slices with fat from allowance
(butter or cheese)/1 sandwich, 1 egg (boiled or poached or
scrambled)/or any other item listed in the breakfast section /20
g unsweetened breakfast cereal coffee or tea (no sugar) with milk
from allowance.

10 a.m.

1 cup (120 ml) soup/juice/buttermilk/fruit-apple, orange, etc/tea or
coffee with milk, 3 unsweetened biscuits/2 slices crisp bread.

12 p.m.

a. 1 cup clear soup with shredded vegetables, 2 slices whole meal
(lunch) bread with butter or cheese, 60 to 90gm lean meat (chicken, fish
or prawns) or 1 egg, 1 fruit (apple or orange), 1 cup curd.

b. 1 cup rice and 2 phulkas (or chapattis) or 3 phulkas and ½ cup
rice or 2 cups rice or 4 phulkas (or chapattis) only, 60—90 g
lean meat, 1 cup dal, vegetable salad and 1 cup curd.

c. 1 cup rice and 2 phulkas (or chapattis) or 3 phulkas and ½ cup
rice or 2 cups rice or 4 phulkas only, 1 cup plain dal or other
dal preparation, 1 cup curry and 1 cup curd.

Tea or coffee with milk.

4 p.m. 1 cup tea or coffee with milk from allowance/1 fruit/3 sugarless
biscuits/2 crisp bread slices/light snacks as given under breakfast
section.

6 p.m. 1 glass or cup (120 ml) soup/juice/buttermilk/salad/tea or coffee
with milk.
8p.m.
(dinner) Same as lunch

10 p.m. Remaining milk from allowance with 15 g ovaltine or any other
beverage 1 or 2 bread slices with cheese or butter.

While planning the daily menu, care should be taken to see that the same dish is not repeated twice. This not only makes the diabetic diet appetizing, but also reduces monotony.