The Ideal Indian Diet For a Pregnant Women

Diet for pregnant women: Pre-breakfast snack ideas

• Dry fruits
• One glass of cow milk
• Banana milkshake
• Almond milk
• Carrot juice
• Tomato juice
• Apple juice

Breakfast ideas

• Bowl of fruit salad (including apricots, apples, dates, bananas, figs, oranges, kiwis, grapes, and pomegranates). These are some of the best fruits for pregnancy, which meet the rich nutrition required.
• Rava upma with vegetables 
• Vegetables poha with chillas
• Oats with two boiled eggs
• Vegetable omelette
• Whole wheat toast, butter omelette
• Stuffed paratha (with fillings of potato, dal, spinach, carrots, paneer, beans) with curd
• Cheese and vegetable sandwich
• Cheese toast 
• Rice sevai with vegetables 

Mid-morning snacks ideas

• Chicken soup
• Spinach soup
• Tomato soup
• Carrot and beetroot soup
• Creamy spinach soup
• Pumpkin soup (kaddu)
• Banana milkshake

Lunch ideas

• Plan parata with curd and a bowl of dal
• Chapathi with dal, curd, and a bowl of vegetables 
• Peas and carrots, stuffed paratha made with butter, and a bowl of curd
• Vegetable khichdi
• Curd rice
• Rice and chicken curry
• Green peas pulao or jeera pulao with raita
• Rice, vegetables, and dal with a green salad
• Rice, dal, vegetables, raita with one fruit
• Pea lemon rice with a green salad
• Chicken salad with vegetable soup
• Grilled chicken with curd
• Rice with kofta curry
• Paneer paratha made with butter and green n salad
• Stuffed paratha with sprouts salad

Evening snacks ideas 

• Chicken cutlet
• Bread cutlet
• Chicken sandwich 
• Corn and cheese sandwich 
• Roasted peanuts 
• Dry fruits with dried dates 
• Milk porridge with sevai, oats, or daliya
• Vegetable daliya
• Tomato and spinach idly
• Vegetable idly
• Mixed vegetable uthappam
• Vegetable sevai
• Carrot halva
• Lauki halva
• Fresh fruit smoothy (banana or strawberry)
• A cup of green tea

Dinner ideas  

• Chicken rice or vegetable pulao with a bowl of curd 
• Mixed dal khichdi, curd, vegetable curry
• Rice spinach veggies dal, green salad
• Plain paratha with curd (or buttermilk)
• Roti, dal, vegetable of choice, curd ( or buttermilk)

Foods and beverages to consume 

• Water should taken 10 to 12 glasses daily during pregnancy, which helps in the improvement of digestion and also to maintain adequate fluid ( amniotic fluid)around the fetus.
• Dairy products: Helps in the consumption of high nutrients like vitamins and calcium that help in the growth or development of the baby 
• Eggs
• Dry fruits

Food and beverages to avoid during pregnancy

• Caffeine
• Alcohol
• Processed junk food
• Unpasteurized foods 
• Row undercooked fish
• Row eggs
• Undercooked and processed meat

Some other vegetables that are also good during pregnancy include broccoli, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, cauliflower, and tomatoes.