{"id":597,"date":"2025-06-09T05:51:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/?p=597"},"modified":"2025-06-26T06:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T06:43:32","slug":"wholesome-meal-gujarati-thali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wholesome-meal-gujarati-thali\/","title":{"rendered":"Wholesome meal"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><strong>Wholesome meal \u2013 this is a typical Gujarati thali which is eaten on a normal day.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Wholesome meal \u2013 this is a typical Gujarati thali which is eaten on a normal day.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>These days such a typical thali is questioned or doubted and often termed as lacking protein, fiber, and essential vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\r\n<p>Wheat paratha \u2013 these days it is termed as CARBS. Wheat falls under the grains category which is an essential part of a major nutrient. Good news wheat also contains PROTEIN. Along with millet rotis, wheat roti or paratha also should make a part of your normal routine.<\/p>\r\n<p>Choli potato \u2013 Adding potato to your green vegetables enhances <a href=\"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/Programs\/Nutrition\">nutrient<\/a> value and flavor. Potato helps in your pH level (means it helps in keeping your body in alkaline state)<\/p>\r\n<p>Kala chana \u2013 this is the PROTEIN part of the meal (these days considered as a magic pill to every problem one has). By the way kala chana has CARBS (ohhhh)<\/p>\r\n<p>Banana \u2013 it adds to the total nutritional value of the whole meal. And the meal becomes sacred (read blissful here)<\/p>\r\n<p>Athanu\/Pickle \u2013 it is probiotic, aids digestion, assimilation and absorption of nutrients and enhances the joy of eating<\/p>\r\n<p>Water \u2013 as per ayurveda it is good to sip in between 2-3 morsels. It helps in digestion.<\/p>\r\n<p>This thali is nutrient rich, wholesome, and in nutrition science terms contains all macronutrients (carbs, <a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu\/what-should-you-eat\/protein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protein<\/a>, essential fats) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). For a complete nutrient profile everything is essential. This helps in reversal of lifestyle disorders, fat loss and improves <a href=\"https:\/\/my.clevelandclinic.org\/health\/diseases\/10783-metabolic-syndrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metabolic health<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>When we ask what&#8217;s on the menu? We don\u2019t say carbs, protein, fats; it is called roti, sabji, dal!<\/p>\r\n<p>Keep it simple!<\/p>\r\n<p>Eating simple homemade food also contributes to the well-being of our planet &#8211; &#x1f30e; <a href=\"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/\">World environment day<\/a> &#x1f33f;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wholesome meal \u2013 this is a typical Gujarati thali which is eaten on a normal day. Wholesome meal \u2013 this is a typical Gujarati thali which is eaten on a normal day. These days such a typical thali is questioned or doubted and often termed as lacking protein, fiber, and essential vitamins and minerals. Wheat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-helathy-foods"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namratasheth.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}