Daily Menu for Restricted Diabetic

Morning

500 ml milk and 30 g fat (ghee, butter, oil, margarine or cheese)
1 cup (120 ml) milk/tea/coffee (no sugar and milk)

Breakfast

1 cup khichdi/2 idlis/2 dosas/2 bread slices with fat from allowance (butter or cheese)/1 sandwich, 1 egg (boiled or poached or scrambled)/ or any other item listed in the breakfast section/20 g unsweetened breakfast cereal coffee or tea (no sugar) with milk from allowance.

Before Lunch

1 cup (120 ml) soup/juice/buttermilk/fruit-apple, orange, etc / tea or coffee with milk, 3 unsweetened biscuits/2 slices crisp bread.

Lunch

• 1 cup clear soup with shredded vegetables, 2 slices whole meal bread with butter or cheese, 60 to 90gm lean meat (chicken, fish or prawns) or 1 egg, 1 fruit (apple or orange), 1 cup curd.
• 1 cup rice and 2 phulkas (or chapatis) or 3 phulkas and 1/2 cup rice or 2 cups rice or 4 phulkas (or chapatis) only, 60-90 g lean meat, 1 cup dal, vegetable salad and 1 cup curd.
• 1 cup rice and 2 phulkas (or chapatis) or 3 phulkas and 1/2 cup rice or 2 cups rice or 4 phulkas only, 1 cup plain dal or other dal preparation, i cup curry and 1 cup curd. Tea or coffee with milk.

After Lunch

1 cup tea or coffee with milk from allowance/1 fruit/3 sugarless biscuits/2 crisp bread slices/light snacks as given under breakfast section.

Before Dinner

1 glass or cup (120 ml) soup/juice buttermilk/salad/tea or coffee with milk.

Dinner

Same as lunch

After Dinner

Remaining milk from allowance with 15 g ovaltine or any other beverage 1 or 2 bread slices with cheese or butter.

While planning the daily menu, care should be taken to see that the same dish is not repeated twice. This not only makes the diabetic diet appetising, but also reduces monotony.