Tear up 2 cupfuls spinach. Wash well. Set aside to drain.
Combine with 1 orange, cut in segments and deseeded, a few cubes of apple and some pine-nuts (chilgoza).
Mix together juice of 2 lemons with 2 tsp sugar.
Pour most of the dressing over the spinach.
Toss well. Lay in a plate.
Lay the fish on the bed of spinach and pour over the remaining lemon dressing.
Pair it with a Chilled Potato Chaat:
Mix 2 boiled, diced potatoes with 2 tbsp crushed chivda or papad, a tbsp of imli sauce, a tbsp yoghurt, a handful of sprouts (any), and a few slices of cucumber.
Add a few strips of cottage cheese.
Make in the morning and leave in the refrigerator to chill all day.
Slice your onions, mix into plain yoghurt with ginger-garlic paste, and marinate chicken.
Layer with rice mixed with more seasoned yoghurt and 2 large halved potatoes, add hot chicken stock (boiled with whole garam masalas) or vegetable stock cube mixed with water and pressure-cook.
Fluff up and serve.
This is best paired with a a freshly beaten mint raita.
Combine boneless salmon, chopped cucumber, few tbsp of yogurt, and 1 tbsp of lemon juice in small bowl.
Spread thin layer of butter on cut sides of sandwich buns and line with lettuce.
Fill with salmon mixture.
Make it in the morning and leave in the fridge to chill, and waiting for you when you get back home.
Pair it with the sprouts and roots salad.
Place sprouts, 1 boiled and diced potato, 1 shredded carrot, 1 small sliced onion, a small bunch of fresh coriander leaves, half diced radish, 2 chilies sliced, in a bowl.
Add to 1 cup hung yoghurt or greek yoghurt, add salt and pepper to taste.
Mix well and dig in.
Some of the recipes are from my book Don’t Diet! 50 Habits of Thin People.
(Kavita is a nutritionist, weight management consultant and health writer based in Delhi. She is the author of Don’t Diet! 50 Habits of Thin People (Jaico) and Ultimate Grandmother Hacks: 50 Kickass Traditional Habits for a Fitter You (Rupa).)
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