DALIA UPMA
You need:
• 1-small katori dalia ( about ¾ th the size of a medium tea cup)
• 1 table spoon oil
• 2 table spoon finely chopped onion
• 2 table spoon finely chopped tomato
• 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
• few green chilies finely chopped
• 1 small katori of mixed vegetables (carrots, green peas etc)
• 1/2 teaspoon of zeera
• Coriander for garnish
• Salt to taste

How to make it:
• Wash Dalia and soak in water
• Take a heavy bottom vessel or kadai and heat it on stove. Add oil.
• When the oil gets hot, add zeera. Wait till it splutters.
• Then add the green chilies, onions, grated ginger and vegetables including tomatoes.
• When all this is cooked/ tender, add water ( For 1 katori of dalia add 2 ½ katori water)
• When the water starts to boil add salt.
• Drain the soaked dalia of water, and add to boiling water on stove.
• Wait till is cooked.
• Garnish with coriander and serve hot.

As soon as you eat a little food and give a long gap before the next meal, your body goes into a starvation mode and just stores all the food as fat instantly. This also makes the metabolism slower. You can keep metabolic rate up by eating smaller meals six times a day.
Your body will feel lighter, and you’ll end up feeling more energetic and it helps in burning calories.

These are small changes, but might be a little hard on you for the first few days.  Do it for 21 days and they’ll become habits that will stick with you for the rest of your life.

Life, you will realize, tastes better with healthy choices.
So we have enclosed a simple food plan, custom-made for the Indian taste buds.

A few diet tips to set you on the right path:          

• - Remember 6 small meals are the best choice for you.
• - Use the minimum allowed for: sugary foods and carbohydrates.
• - Try and avoid rice and breads completely. Lesser the quantity of the carbohydrates, lesser the content of fat in the body.
• - Chai and Coffee: Two or three times a day is enough. Do not exceed it since most of us have it with sugar. Limit it to twice if it is pre-mixed coffee.
• - Wine is fine: Wine is the best drink to have in case you want to relax at the end of the day. Small shots of wine is very good for your mind and heart and gives you good sleep as well. And it’s safe as the calories are on the lower side. 
• - Alcohol: If you want to have hard alcohol, not more than one peg a day is allowed because that just keeps adding onto empty calories throughout the day.

What’s the result of eating small meals?

• Increases metabolism
• Prevents binging
• Regulates blood sugar and insulin
• Promotes muscle growth
• Reduces fat storage

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