Replacement for white rice

Hi SP,

You do not have to give up on rice totally..The more you crave, the more you are going to indulge at some point of time. You can have brown rice instead of white rice, use cracked wheat, whole wheat, quinoa, couscous. Try to do a portion control instead of cutting it out totally( if you really like it a lot)

Cheers
L

 

I second with L.......Cracked wheat is the best alternative for white rice...

 

Hi SP,
Brown rice and rosematta rice are the best alternatives.Par boiled rice(ukda chaval) contains much more nutrients than white rice as it is processed differently.Oats taste almost like white rice when eaten with sambar or rasam.I regularly eat it and don't miss white rice one bit.

Happy healthy eating:thumbsup

 

Hi,

I usually eat cracked wheat instead of white rice. Since I am the only person in my family eating cracked wheat, I know exactly how much I am eating. I do not miss white rice at all.
In fact I tend to overeat with white rice. I did try oats but I personally did not find it very satiating.

 

Hi Phalguni,

I agree with you on the oats part! I love oats with rasam sambar and what not. Infact I do not eat sambar with rice at all..I just hate it! Go Oats!

 

Dear lakshmi, can you say me how you prepare couscus.

Thanks.

 

You shouldnt be cutting out totally on rice....2 small tea cups of cooked rice in a day is perfectly fine even for diabetics.

There is no single food item that has it all! Conversely...it is true that no food item is totally bad for your health...so thats where the concept of a 'balanced diet' comes in!

 

We cant cut off rice completely. I am a south Indian too. I eat chapathis along with dinner to reduce the amount of rice. In that way rice quantity is reduced and wheat makes it more healthy.I have reduced eating rice but not left eating rice. I havent gained any weight doing this but lost a lot of weight. You can try this too.Good Luck.

 

Couscous

Hi Soumya ,

This is how I cook couscous.
1 cup -couscous
1.5 cups- water/broth
Salt and pepper to taste

A dash of Olive oil

Mix the couscous with olive oil and salt and pepper..
Boil the water/broth..Add couscous, mix well..Close the lid and turn off the heat after 3-4 minutes. Let it stand fo 10-12 minutes. Open the lid and fluff with a fork.
I add a log of sauteed o baked veggies to it!( Zucchini, onion, bell pepper, eggplants)
Or you can make a cold channa and couscous salad...

Hope this helps..

Lekshmi