1,500 calorie vegetarian Indian diet plan
A full day of vegetarian Indian food at 1,544 kcal, in portions you can measure with a katori and a count of rotis. 1,500 kcal is about the fat-loss target for a 58 kg woman who is 26 and trains 3–5 days a week.
1,544kcal
102 gprotein
169 gcarbs
51 gfat
The day
| Food | Portion | kcal | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 218 | 12 g | |
| Moong dal chilla | 2 chilla | 218 | 12 g |
| Lunch | 506 | 20 g | |
| Chole | 1 katori | 230 | 9 g |
| Roti | 2 roti | 198 | 7 g |
| Cucumber raita | 1 katori | 78 | 4 g |
| Evening snack | 240 | 48 g | |
| Whey shake (with water) | 2 scoops | 240 | 48 g |
| Dinner | 581 | 22 g | |
| Paneer bhurji | 1 katori | 275 | 15 g |
| Bhindi masala | 1 katori | 111 | 3 g |
| Plain rice | 1 katori | 195 | 5 g |
| Day total | 1,544 | 102 g | |
Why it is built this way
- Protein is 102 g (26% of calories). Most of it comes from whey shake (with water) (48 g), paneer bhurji (15 g), moong dal chilla (12 g).
- Rotis and rice are the dial: one roti is about 99 kcal and half a katori of rice about 97 kcal, so add or remove them to move the day by 100 kcal.
- Oil is the hidden number. The recipes assume 5–8 g per katori of dal or sabzi; a heavy hand adds 50–100 kcal per dish.