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padulica

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I am going out for an indian meal tonight, has anyone any suggestions as to what I can eat that is low carb?
suggestions gratefully received
Padulica
 
Avoid the rice, pitta bread, sweets, & just have one chapatti or poppadom or spring rolls or samosas. Enjoy the curries & non carb savouries. Drank plenty of water :lol: If you are trying to avoid salt, you can't. They load it in.

I have the same problem in Southall - our Asian friends often bring food to church, I have just enough for courtesy but am very careful.
 
Or put another way, drink water and just say you're curry intolerant. :lol:

Alternatively, if you're type 1, just bump your bolus up.
 
If its a special occation or something you don't do very often, eat what you would normally do pre diagnosis.Sometimes a night off form worrying about carbs and diabetes is really good for you emotional wellbeing.Maybe the answer is eat drink and be merry..........well for tonight anyway.


Have a great evening.
 
Of course Eddie doesn't actually mean shoot yourself in the head, as that's pretty much a once only thrill :lol:

Why not just have a cautious blow out, don't go mental, but have a few treats.

Can someone confiscate Eddie's gun too, I'm worried about him :P
 
padulica said:
I am going out for an indian meal tonight, has anyone any suggestions as to what I can eat that is low carb?
suggestions gratefully received
Padulica
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Good morning :wink: How did it go :?:
 
When Ian Stillman, a profoundly deaf, diabetic, one legged Christian charity worker in India was imprisoned for carrying a bag of drugs he could not lift, the Indian prison authorities treated him to a special diabetic diet of bread & milk ...
 
Hope you recover soon from that Indian feast, Padulica.

Meanwhile ... My Indian friends serve plain yoghurt with curries, so why not savoury yog :?: :idea: :?:

I like peanut butter, but how do you eat it without bread? I've just tried with plain yog & its tastes good :wink:
 
IanD said:
Hope you recover soon from that Indian feast, Padulica.

Meanwhile ... My Indian friends serve plain yoghurt with curries, so why not savoury yog :?: :idea: :?:

I like peanut butter, but how do you eat it without bread? I've just tried with plain yog & its tastes good :wink:
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Savoury yogurts are already there as raita - basically chopped salad vegetables or herbs. My favourite is red pepper raita which acquires a lovely dark pink colour. The purpose of raita is, I suppose, to give immediate relief if someone is too ambitious with their spices. Capsaicin (the "hot" in chillies") isn't soluble in water, beer or wine, but it is soluble in milk and milk products, so it's them you need to calm you tastebuds when sample a mate's vindaloo.

Peanut butter makes a wonderful sauce: get some real peanut butter (it'll contain either 100% peanuts, or perhaps a little palm oil and salt as well. Nothing else.) A couple of dessert spoons in a pan and gently melt it. Mix in a little milk every now and then, but remember you're trying to keep the sauce smooth. Add a little salt if you like. When you've got it to a consistency you like you can add it to a dry curry or use it as a pasta sauce.

If you're having a night off from diet, instead of milk use coconut milk - the combination is out of this world, but it's high on the naughty list as the coconut milk is full of saturated fats. And don't be tempted by "light coconut milk" which I've seen being sold at twenty or thirty pence more than regular coconut milk: the only dfference is that they make the light stuff with more water, so you're paying extra for less - you can always add water or milk at home to the regular stuff.

Steve
 
Our local nepalese restaurant has great stuff as well as wonderful pictures of the Himalayas.
I can eat chicken cooked in a tandoor, salad, okra ( which I adore) other veggies and a poppadum, for very little carb. I agree with whoever it was that raitas are just gorgeous. I also love the mint sauce, but suspect it's got sugar in, so just have half a teaspoon on a bit of poppadum. I pass on the chutney, rice or the naan. The salads are served with a wedge of lemon, which is deliciously fresh. I drink orange juice diluted with fizzy water 50/50 and don't have room for dessert. and it's only a ten minute walk home, to work a little of it off.
 
Not an Indian meal, but ....

Our choir had its annual dinner (1 pm) yesterday. Roast beef/lamb with veg, 1 small roast potato, & gravy; fruit salad. 1 hour bs 12, 2 hrs 7, so all under control BUT

there must have been a lot of salt in the gravy as I was thirsty all night.
 
Was diagnosed as Type 2 in April, but I've found that Tandoori chicken can be eaten without it having a bad effect. You can even make it at home. As one of my pastimes is cooking, I've found an excellent method for preparing a great tandoori chicken for my family. I accompany it with a curry sauce (thickened with gram flour) and a tomato salad. If anybody would like the recipe, just ask here and I'll post it.
 
billb - yes please. Can you stick it up on the recipe section. I am new at this and still playing around with curry recipes trying to get a good sauce.

Thanks
 
Curries are a nightmare. I need two top up doses usually (upto 70 units novorapid for a curry).

Even with cutting out the obvious carbs of rice and bread, I still usually have a raised morning BS. My homemade curries are getting better taste wise. But they need so much oil to be really tasty.

An occasionmal treat. I am hoing to add in exenatide soon, will be interesting to see what happens with BS and my occasional reflux.
 
I have had last week Friday night and Saturday and was very nice too
Indian takeaway half a portion Vegetable dupiaza and fry 100g bean sprouts in 1 cal spray just shot 3 units Humalog
 
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