Put pulses and legumes to use for your daily intake of nutrients
| Updated: May 6, 2020, 12:59 IST
Due to the lockdown, it has become difficult to get access to all the vegetables in some or the other areas. And because of the virus, people are also fearing the consumption of meat, fish and poultry. Hence, in such times, it becomes important to consume the dry sources of foods that can help us in providing the essential nutrients.
We're talking about the pulses and legumes that are highly nutritious and sustainable food sources which are loaded with fibre, protein and many other micronutrients like vitamin B and iron. When pulses and legumes are paired with wheat, rice or any other cereal grains, they are high in sulphur-containing amino acids. The protein that we get through pulses can fulfill the entire day's essential amino acid requirements without the need to consume any kind of animal protein. Also, it's quite affordable to invest in plant protein sources. You can pair beans and brown ice, soy curry and rice, curd and rice, milk and oats, etc.
Nutrient-loaded combination of pulses in your daily diet:
- You can add a combination of pulses with cereals too. Apart from pulses, other sources of legumes can also be added. Like rajma, chana, black-eyed peas, green peas, soynbean, etc.
- Besan and sattu have also been quite an important part of the Indian cooking and they are also a perfect source of pulse protein.
- One part of soy flour can be added to 3 parts of wheat flour or any other cereals when you make the roti dough in order to improve the protein content of daily diet.
- You can use dals, legumes, beans, chickpeas, etc to maximum capacity as a source of carbs, protein and fibre.
We're talking about the pulses and legumes that are highly nutritious and sustainable food sources which are loaded with fibre, protein and many other micronutrients like vitamin B and iron. When pulses and legumes are paired with wheat, rice or any other cereal grains, they are high in sulphur-containing amino acids. The protein that we get through pulses can fulfill the entire day's essential amino acid requirements without the need to consume any kind of animal protein. Also, it's quite affordable to invest in plant protein sources. You can pair beans and brown ice, soy curry and rice, curd and rice, milk and oats, etc.
Nutrient-loaded combination of pulses in your daily diet:
- You can add a combination of pulses with cereals too. Apart from pulses, other sources of legumes can also be added. Like rajma, chana, black-eyed peas, green peas, soynbean, etc.
- Besan and sattu have also been quite an important part of the Indian cooking and they are also a perfect source of pulse protein.
- One part of soy flour can be added to 3 parts of wheat flour or any other cereals when you make the roti dough in order to improve the protein content of daily diet.
- You can use dals, legumes, beans, chickpeas, etc to maximum capacity as a source of carbs, protein and fibre.