Daily Calories:
Instructions: Select ONE option per meal (Option A or B — not both).
| Hydration: 3–4 litres water daily.
| Oil: Measure cooking oils strictly. Do not use ghee or butter.
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Meal 1 — Breakfast
7:00 – 9:00 AM
| # | Meal Option & Ingredients | Quantity | Macros & Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Upma with Cashew & VegetablesSouthern Start Semolina tempered with mustard and curry leaf, folded with cashew and mixed vegetables. |
1 cup Upma
1.5 cups Upma 1 Orange 2 cups Upma 1 Orange |
~380 kcal~495 kcal~625 kcal
P: 21g28g35g
| C: 56g73g92g
| F: 8g10g13g
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| B | Akki Roti with Groundnut ChutneyRice Flour Bread Rice flour worked with grated vegetables and patted onto the tawa, with groundnut chutney. |
2 Akki Roti 3 tbsp Chutney 3 Akki Roti 4 tbsp Chutney 4 Akki Roti 4 tbsp Chutney |
~375 kcal~505 kcal~630 kcal
P: 24g32g40g
| C: 52g69g86g
| F: 8g11g14g
|
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Meal 2 — Lunch
12:30 – 2:00 PM
| # | Meal Option & Ingredients | Quantity | Macros & Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Thengai Paal Kootu with Samai RiceKerala Pair Ash gourd and moong cooked in thin coconut milk with cumin, served over little millet. |
1.5 cups Kootu ½ cup Samai 2 cups Kootu ¾ cup Samai 2.5 cups Kootu 1 cup Samai |
~480 kcal~640 kcal~800 kcal
P: 31g41g51g
| C: 64g85g106g
| F: 11g15g19g
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| B | Sambar Sadam with AppalamCoconut Vegetables Rice cooked together with pigeon pea, tamarind and vegetables into a soft sambar sadam, with a roasted appalam. |
1.5 cups Sambar Sadam 1 Appalam 2 cups Sambar Sadam 1 Appalam 2.5 cups Sambar Sadam 2 Appalam |
~480 kcal~640 kcal~800 kcal
P: 27g36g45g
| C: 66g88g110g
| F: 12g16g20g
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Meal 3 — Evening Snack
4:30 – 5:30 PM
| # | Meal Option & Ingredients | Quantity | Macros & Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Kadalai Sundal with CoconutLegume Snack Boiled chickpeas tempered with mustard and curry leaf and folded with grated coconut. | 1 cup Sundal 1.5 cups Sundal 2 cups Sundal |
~225 kcal~295 kcal~370 kcal
P: 14g19g24g
| C: 26g35g44g
| F: 7g9g11g
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| B | Panagam with Roasted GramCooling Break Jaggery, dry ginger and cardamom whisked into water, taken with dry-roasted Bengal gram. |
1 glass Panagam 25g Gram 1 glass Panagam 35g Gram 1 glass Panagam 45g Gram |
~225 kcal~295 kcal~365 kcal
P: 10g13g16g
| C: 30g40g50g
| F: 7g9g11g
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Meal 4 — Dinner
7:30 – 9:00 PM
| # | Meal Option & Ingredients | Quantity | Macros & Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Ellu Sadam with Vegetable PoriyalSesame Evening Rice tossed through a roasted sesame and red chilli powder, served with a dry vegetable poriyal. |
1 cup Ellu Sadam 1 cup Poriyal 1.5 cups Ellu Sadam 1.5 cups Poriyal 2 cups Ellu Sadam 2 cups Poriyal |
~415 kcal~550 kcal~685 kcal
P: 33g44g55g
| C: 48g64g80g
| F: 10g13g16g
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| B | Pepper Rasam with Hand-Pounded RiceLight Close Pepper and tamarind rasam over hand-pounded rice, no ghee tempering. |
2 cups Rasam ½ cup Rice 2.5 cups Rasam ¾ cup Rice 3 cups Rasam 1 cup Rice |
~410 kcal~550 kcal~685 kcal
P: 29g39g49g
| C: 53g71g89g
| F: 9g12g15g
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Daily Total (approx.)
~2000kcal
~80gProtein
~255gCarbs
~68gFat