made soya chunks with onions and tomatoes today. ended up with like 42g protein in one meal which honestly surprised me. portioned it with roti for the next few days. took maybe 30 mins total. still figuring out if soya chunks are my thing but this batch tasted pretty good 🍅

made a big pot of toor dal with rice. took an hour but lunch is sorted. toor dal has 12g protein per serving, rice adds 4g—competing with eggs for way cheaper. meal prep win 😊 #vegetarianprotein #highproteinvegetarian more high-protein indian recipes on my page 🫶

okay so i've been cooking rajma and chana dal the same way for months but just realized i have no idea if the protein stays the same whether i make it as a dal or throw it in a curry. like does it matter? or is 7g of moong dal just 7g no matter what i do to it

what i ate today: urad dal & rice for breakfast (made extra last night). lunch was the same cold—felt wrong but worked. dinner i added ghee & onions. turns out the dal alone is ~15g protein per serving 🥹

made palak paneer last night. 80g spinach, 100g paneer, onion, tomato, cooked it down with some ghee. tasted like the real thing honestly. looked up the protein after and got 22g which actually shocked me for something this creamy 🍃 follow if you want more desi protein inspo 🫶

what i ate today. breakfast: besan cheela with onion & green chilli, crispy edges, dahi & pickle. lunch: leftover rajma. dinner: khichdi (monday brain). cheela had 10g protein, dahi added 3.5g—didn't expect breakfast to carry that much 🥹 #vegetarianprotein #highproteinvegetarian

made peanut tomato curry for dinner—way better than expected. served with basmati rice & onions. comforting, filling, and packed 27g protein per serving. didn't see that coming 🥜 #highproteinvegetarian #vegetarianprotein

started making maggi with an egg stirred in because i was lazy. turns out it goes from 3.6g to 17.5g protein and tastes honestly better? the egg just disappears into the noodles. still maggi for dinner but like... actually works now 🍜

sunday meal prep: chickpeas with onions & tomatoes, rice, greek yogurt raita. eating it all week in different combos. the chickpeas came out way better than plain. each bowl hits 32g protein which honestly surprised me 🤔 #indianfitness #highproteinvegetarian

sunday meal prep: tofu stir-fry with spinach & onions, whole wheat rotis. portioning for the week. tofu's cheaper than paneer and i'm preferring it now. ~34g protein per meal. not glamorous but it works 🥘 more high-protein indian recipes on my page 🫶

sunday meal prep: roasted chana dal with sauteed spinach and ghee. portioned into containers for rice or roti throughout the week. 20.7g protein total—solid for something this simple 🙌 #indianfitness #highproteinvegetarian #vegetarianprotein follow if you want more desi protein inspo 🫶

just realized i've been throwing different dals into rice bowls and accidentally getting like 22g of protein without even thinking about it. rajma is doing most of the work but the combo thing is kind of genius. anyone else just mix whatever's in the pantry or is that just me 🤔

made an edamame rice bowl with spinach and onions — heated everything, squeezed lime. took 10 mins and had 25.6g protein. been doing dal mixes but this edamame swap actually hit different 🍚 #highproteinvegetarian

what i ate today. masoor dal with spinach for breakfast, paneer with onions and roti for lunch. threw it together but it was good comfort food. looked up the numbers after—33g protein? did not expect that #vegetarianprotein

made moong dal with eggs today. cooked a big batch of the dal, scrambled some eggs into it, portioned everything out. 28g protein per container which honestly surprised me. lunch sorted for like 4 days. took maybe 40 minutes total but felt chaotic the whole time lol

swapped rice for peas in my khichdi today. wasn't sure it'd work but it came out so creamy and soft. tastes basically the same, maybe even better? peas have 8.1g protein vs 4.1g from rice. accidentally made it better 🤔 #vegetarianprotein

okay so i made idli sambar for lunch today and actually looked up the protein after. 16.5g in one bowl?? didn't expect that from something so light and easy to eat. is sambar actually one of those sleeper high-protein dishes or did i just get lucky

what i ate today: amaranth porridge with peanuts & spinach (nutty, filling), leftover rajma rice, onion & spinach with roti. whole day was 13.6g protein which felt like more 🥹 #highproteinvegetarian

made chana dal with rice and spinach for lunch. cooked dal with turmeric and salt, fried ghee with jeera, mixed it in. rice on the side, spinach at the end. ~30 mins, tasted way better than it sounds. 15.7g protein—surprised me for something this simple 🍚

okay so rajma has been my accidental protein source for like a month now. just realized i keep making it because it's easy and tastes good, then i look up the numbers after and i'm always surprised. is it just me or are we sleeping on dal and rajma when we talk about protein

okay so i made rajma rice from scratch last week and then tried one of those pre-mixed dal blends today. they're both good but i'm lowkey wondering if there's actually a difference nutritionally or if i'm just paying for convenience. anyone else do both or am i overthinking this

real question tho: how are you hitting protein without eating chicken every day. i'm trying to figure out the desi way and keep defaulting to paneer but there's gotta be other stuff i'm missing

mixing moong dal into my rajma now instead of eating it alone. tastes the same, maybe better with the texture change. moong dal has 5.6g protein per 80g—adds up over time

sunday meal prep: made a big pot of rajma and brown rice. took like an hour but now i have lunch sorted for 4 days. turns out rajma and rice together is like 20g protein per serving?? didn't even plan that. just looks like normal comfort food 🍚 follow if you want more desi protein inspo 🫶

made palak paneer with greek yogurt instead of cream and it tastes the same, maybe better. paneer's still creamy, spinach flavor comes through more. greek yogurt has 15.5g protein per 150g vs 4g in cream. didn't expect that 🥬

making chana dal rice for lazy weeknights and realized it's protein-heavy. swapped extra rice for more chana dal—tastes better, more filling. chana dal has 16g protein per cup cooked vs rice's 4g, so one bowl hits 20g protein. still 30 mins total. actual food, not survival dinner 🍚

made masoor dal and rice for dinner because i needed something fast. dal took like 20 mins in the pressure cooker with just onion and salt, rice on the side. ate it with some ghee and it was actually really filling. turns out the whole thing has 18g protein which is solid for something i made …

what i ate today. moong dal chilla for breakfast, slightly crispy which i'll take as a win. leftover rajma rice for lunch at my desk. dinner was quinoa mixed into khichdi with ghee because i had some lying around and honestly it worked? felt full and didn't have to think too hard. looked it up…

what i ate today. masoor dal and rice for lunch, actually sat down for it. had some ghee which made it taste like home. dinner was leftover paneer from yesterday with roti because i didn't feel like cooking. just looked and that dal alone had like 13.7g protein? didn't expect that honestly 🥹 #…

sunday meal prep: whole moong dal with basmati rice. threw in onions, tomatoes, and ghee. made a huge batch, portioned into 4 containers. literally my lunch and dinner sorted. 49g protein total across the week, tastes like comfort 🥘