Do you eat lentils and rice every day? If you know these 5 tricks, you will get double health benefits:

News India Live, Digital Desk: Balanced Diet: rice and lentils! This is a name that is associated with every Indian plate. This is not just a food, but the soul of our food – nutritious, tasty and cheap. We have been eating it since childhood. But have you ever wondered how our most dear dal-rice can be eaten in a more healthy way? By making a little change in the way of making and eating it, you can increase its nutrients further and make it more beneficial. Let’s know some special tips to eat lentils and rice in a healthy way:

1. Nutrition in lentils:
Lentils are a reserves of protein in itself, but it can be made more nutritious.

• Mix vegetables: While making lentils, add some seasonal vegetables like gourd, pumpkin, spinach, tomato or carrot. This will increase both taste and nutrition of lentils. It will become a good source of fiber, vitamins and minerals.
• Mixed pulses: Eat not just a kind of lentils, but mixed with arhar, moong, lentils and gram dal. Each lentils contain different nutrients, which will provide plenty of nutrition to the body.
• Right Tadka: Eat lentils with desi ghee, which contains asafoetida, cumin and garlic. Asafoetida helps in digestion and ghee gives healthy fats. Use green chillies and coriander more instead of red chili powder.

2. Correct choice of rice:
Rice is often considered an enemy of carbs, but it is a misconception. It is very healthy when eating the right rice and properly.

• Priority to brown rice: Use brown rice instead of white rice. Brown rice has more fiber than white rice, which is good for digestion and increases blood sugar gradually.
• Eat in small amounts: Keep the quantity of rice controlled. Keep more quantity of lentils in your plate and less rice. This balance makes your food more balanced.
• How to cook: Soak the rice for a long time and then boil it in open water and cook. This reduces the amount of starch.

3. Complimentary things included:
Do not eat lentils and rice alone, take some more healthy things with it.

• Salad and Raita: Always include fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, onion salads or curd-raita in your plate. It improves digestion and gives essential vitamins and probiotics.
• Papad or pickle in limited quantity: Sometimes you can take papad or homemade pickle to taste, but not much. They contain more salt.

4. Right time to eat:
Pulses and rice is a complete mile, which you can take in lunch or dinner.

• Best for lunch: If you eat it in lunch, it will give you energy throughout the day and will not make you feel heavy.
• Light in dinner: While eating dal-rice at night, keep the quantity low and cook the rice by lightly, such as khichdi, which is easy to digest.

By adopting these small things to your daily dal and rice, you can make it not only delicious but also very healthy! This is a great way to maintain the power of our traditional food.