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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanober" data-source="post: 209960" data-attributes="member: 33171">I'm not much of an asian cook to be honest, hopefully someone here who is adept at asian cooking can help?I'm still a newbie Diabetic and I'm not on low carb diet either so maybe I'm not best for what you're looking for (I'm moderating my carb intakes daily and testing with my meter but not obsessing over it until I get my formal diagnosis in 3 weeks).With asian food generally - keep the starchy/carby portons smaller (chapatis/rice) but up the veggies/pulses in their place.Dahl is my best friend and easy to cook. Also veg curries (courgettes, aubergines, green peppers, spinach) I like all types of dahl, green, yellow split, mung - pulses are low GI so will fill you up and are slow release energy - also some have high protein content, which is another bonus.  Plus make a batch at once, then split into plastic containers and freeze for different days in the week.Chickpeas are also good - chickpea/spinach curry? I always use tinned chickpeas, much quicker.Also try to cut down or replace potatoes with sweet potatoes -  just be careful you're not sitting with a full big bowl of a potato based curry, have a bit of it but with something else.Basmatic is a bit high on the GI index, easy cook brown rice is ok - wholemeal rice better, but keep portions small. I reduced mine right down at my meals and it's made a real difference.Chapatis - these are not smart for Diabetics - refined white flour and will spike your glucose levels.  Have you tested if you eat one or two or moreMy mum marinates chicken (you can get loads of bottles of marinade or powder ones in the shops), she wraps it in tin foils and chucks it in the oven. Also you can buy frozen bags of green beans, mediterrean veg etc that you can just quickly boil/grill etc. Also you can make tuna pasta - but cook the tuna mixture separate and boil some pasta (or rice) separately - and keep the pasta portion small.Instead of live fat yoghurt - I eat the Total 0% Greek Yoghurt (not used it in cooking yet though...)Good old salad - hardly any calories and can help fill you up - you can get bags of these just watch the tomatoes (I use just one half) but test to see if it spikes your sugar. Just shove some of the curry on with a little rice.Also salt/butter should be reduced down just for general health of your heart/blood - use olive oil if you can instead of butter/ghee (I'm STILL trying to get my mum to do this but she has refused  :|   )Hope this helps.</blockquote>

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