When festive time comes, the first thought that crosses our mind is lip-smacking food. And when it comes to keto festival diet and foods, we all are ready and eager to listen, as the new fad, KETO DIET has been the talk nowadays.
It cannot be completely denied that with the change in time, people are becoming very much health conscious (owing to many new diseases at an early age unheard of before). This has led to a conscious switch towards choosing healthy yet tasty food. And festival times are no exception either, it’s super easy to indulge in unhealthy eating at that time more than ever.
This is why we bring to you the best Keto diet for festivals so that you can now binge without feeling guilty. Take a look at these low-carb, low- sugar, super healthy yet tasty festival foods to which we’ve given a slight Keto twist.
Indian Festival Dishes with Keto Twist
- Spaghetti squash sheera – Sheera or suji halwa is a traditional Indian pudding made with semolina, ghee, sugar, cashews, raisins etc. The image which instantly pops in our mind when we hear ‘Sheera’ is sugary but yummy soft dish particularly made as “prasad” (offering to God) on most Indian festivals. Now imagine if we could give this super sugary dish a low-carb, low-sugar dish?
Just cut down the proportion of rava and sugar both into half by adding the spaghetti squash fruit to it. You don’t need to compromise on your favorite dessert and still get to eat only half carbs and sugar content; it doesn’t change the original sweetness at all and it’s a great way to feed your kids fruit too!
- Dalia, poppy seeds and coconut laddu –Laddus are everybody’s favorite food or dish on any Indian festival. We all just need an excuse to eat them. And if you want to keep a keto festival diet this festive season,
try these laddu – which are made without any flour of any kind (rice, wheat, rava, gram, or all-purpose flour). They’re even perfect keto foods if you’re fasting on the festival!
- Coconut and jaggery stuffed Modak – One of Lord Ganesha’s favorite sweets is undoubtedly the modak — a creamy delicious sweet dumpling made using rice flour, jaggery and other delicacies. Lord Ganesha and the entire nation love Modak, which is the staple dish of Ganesh Chaturthi. The traditional North Indian style Modak is a deep-fried delicacy, flour dough rolled and stuffed with dry fruits filling and then fried in hot oil to get that lovely dish everyone craves for.
You can also make a healthier alternative which is generally followed down south – ‘rice flour modaks’ filled with coconut instead of dry fruits, jaggery in place of sugar and then steam it rather deep fry. And if you can make your own rice flour at home, what could be better than that!
- Whole grain dahi vada with homemade yogurt – Savories are equally relished on festival time and this favorite dahi vada can be given a healthier twist by using whole grain urad dal (lentil) and unsweetened homemade yogurt to keep it vegan, protein-rich, and gluten-free.
This dahi wada is amazingly delicious and healthy recipe with several health benefits.
Summing Up on Indian Festival Foods
It’s not really difficult to follow a Keto diet for festivals if you really want. A bit of keto foods twist and you can enjoy all your favorite delicacies without compromising on health.