Protein Rich Dishes Collage

Can’t stop thinking of Proteins!
Finally, the Mega Blogging Marathon is over with all the Protein Rich Dishes. Being a vegetarian I had to think of plant based and dairy products that are rich in Protein. Surprising there’s so much choice out there. Yes, most do not provide the complete protein as animal or meat/fish do but a combination of plant based and dairy products does take care of your daily protein intake. A typical Indian meal usually consists of vegetables, lentils or beans in the form of dals and curries, grains in the form of rice or rotis, parathas, puris and most meals are incomplete without a glass of cold chaas/lassi (yogurt drink) or a raita (yogurt based salad).
A complete protein is a source of protein that contains the adequate amount of all nine essential amino acids that a human body requires.
The nine amino acids are tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine+cystine, phenylalanine + tyrosine, valine and histidine.
Some examples of foods that provide adequate proteins are:
Quinoa, Amaranth, Teff, Nuts and nut butters, Beans, Lentils. Soya, Dairy Products, Spinach, Asparagus, Mushrooms, Peas, Fresh Beans, Dried Apricot, Seeds like chia, hemp, flax, sunflower, pumpkin and poppy, Triticale, Cauliflower, Guava, Sun dried tomatoes, Chickpeas, tempeh, tofu, seitan, moringa, rice especially brown and black variety.
I’ve tried to include most of the mentioned above except for a few. I didn’t like tempeh, don’t like soya, couldn’t find hemp, seitan,triticale, teff, sun dried tomatoes and ran out of days to include guava, amaranth, asparagus.
I tried to make a dish right from drinks to desserts. All you ovo vegetarians out there, this should take care of your protein intake for the day.
DRINK:
Moringa and Mint Iced Tea
SOUP:
SNACKS/STARTERS:
Mixed Dal Paddus
Palak Pakodi Chaat
Lentil and Carrot Kebabs
Punugulu/Punukulu (Andhra Street Food)
SALADS:
Nectarine and French Bean Quinoa Salad
MAIN DISHES:
Veggie Shepherd’s Pie
SIDE DISHES:
Sai Bhaji
DESSERTS:
Phyllo Cheesecake Cups
Peanut Butter and Jelly Pudding
Besan Nankhatai (Chickpea Flour Cookies)
BREAKFAST:
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Huevos Rancheros (Mexican Breakfast)
6 Comments
Srivalli
October 3, 2017 at 6:58 am
You surely have come up with so much variety!..great job and I enjoyed reading about your life happenings too..
Priya Suresh
October 4, 2017 at 5:48 pm
Kudos to you, and seriously enjoyed reading your posts daily and you came up with many fantastic dishes especially that green smoothie is my favourite. Keep rocking Mayuri.
vaishali sabnani
October 6, 2017 at 3:50 am
Kudos on your first Mega marathon ! You totally rocked with the variety you gave us ! Looking forward to more marathons with you .
Sharmila- The Happie Friends Potpourri corner
October 9, 2017 at 10:13 am
I have learned a lot of recipes from you. Such a lovely Collection of Protein Rich Dishes!!
Sapana Behl
October 10, 2017 at 11:35 am
Great job completing the first mega marathon. Love reading about your life in Montreal and Mombosa. Such a nice roundup dear.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
October 16, 2017 at 4:59 pm
Kudos and yayyyy we all did it. Amazing recipes and your intro and writeup… Mayuri I have become a big fan of you now.