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Day 6 Keto Ramazan Challenge Menu!

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Sehri: 1. Take 2 boiled eggs, add 2 tbsp yoghurt, add salt and black pepper and mash with a fork. Spread the mixture on a slice of keto bread and enjoy! If you don't have keto bread then you can simply make a pancake with flaxseeds (recipe in the Day 3 post) or with ispaghola husks like in the last post and eat away! 2. Coffee/ Tea with cream. Aftari: 1. Eggplant pakoras! Recipe: Cut thin slices of 1 small eggplant and set aside for 10 mins after sprinkling salt on them. Dab with tissue paper to soak extra water away. You can simply fry them in butter till crisp without any coating, they taste awesome that way too. But if you want then you can dip the slices in whipped egg and then coat with some almond/coconut flour or ispaghola husks before frying! 2. A tall glass or 2 of fresh phalsa juice. 3. Cold coffee made with cream. 4. Mozzarella cheese sticks. Recipe: Simply coat mozzarella cheese stick with almond flour  and fry in butter! Enjoy!

Day 5 Keto Ramazan Challenge!

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Sehri: 1. Keto pancakes with cream and strawberry jam. Recipe: Mix 4 eggs, 1 cup cottage cheese and 1 tbsp ispaghola husk in a bowl. Let the mixture sit for 10 mins. In a pan, take coconut or olive oil and heat it. Then add the batter in the oil in the shape of pancakes and fry till golden brown! For strawberry jam, just cook fresh strawberries (5) in a pan with some added stevia sweetener till thick like a jam. Enjoy! 2. Coffee/Tea with cream. Aftari: 1. Lemonade 1 tall glass. 2. Grilled chicken strips Recipe: Take 1/2 kg chicken strips and marinate with half cup soya sauce, 1/4 cup vinegar, half tsp salt, black pepper and ginger garlic paste. Let sit for 2 hrs. Then fry in desi ghee or grill. Stir fry onions, capsicum and cabbage in the remaining oil and set aside as a salad. 3. Coffee/Tea with cream.

Day 4 Keto Ramazan Challenge!

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Sehri: 1. 2 scrambled eggs with cheese. 2. Flaxseed keto bread/waffle. You can use the same recipe of flaxseed waffles that I shared in my previous post and instead of waffles can make bread, roti, pancakes out of the batter. Your choice! 3. Coffee/tea. 4. In case you want lassi then you can make some with yoghurt as well! Aftari: 1. Glass full of phalsa juice. 2. Zucchini fritters. Recipe: Grate fresh zucchini and put aside for 10 mins. Then take muslin cloth or squeeze grated zucchini between palms to drain extra water. Blend 2 eggs, add salt, pepper, parmesan and 2 tbps almond flour. Mix it well and then add grated zucchini. In a pan heat olive oil/desi ghee and take heaped spoons full of the mixture and fry till golden brown. Turn sides while cooking. 3. 5 strawberries blended with cream. Add ice and stevia sweetener and enjoy. 4. Coffee/Tea with or without cream. 💪

Day 3 Keto Ramazan Challenge!

Sehri: 1. Sausages and Bell pepper delight. Recipe: In a non stick pan, take some olive oil and add 2 bell peppers and onions and cook until soft. Then add precooked & chopped sausages (you can use chunks of your choice of meat instead as well). Sprinkle salt, pepper and your choice of herbs. Add soya sauce and cook for another 5 mins. Enjoy! 2. Strawberry smoothie. 3. Coffee or tea (if you like) with cream. Aftari: 1. Flaxseed waffles or pancakes! Find the recipe Here  and enjoy. You can top it with sauted vegetables or minced meat (cooked in desi ghee or butter) 2. Lemonade. 3. Coffee/ Tea. ✌

Day 2 Keto Ramazan Challenge!

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Sehri: 1. Coffee with cream 2. Low calorie wraps stuffed with mushrooms, olives and cheese. Recipe: In a blender add 2 tbsp almond flour, 2 eggs, pinch of salt, pinch of baking power, 2 tbsp cream cheese, half cup water and blend. Pour the liquid on a hot non stick pan and make as many wraps as you want. Be careful to cook both sides well. For stuffing, add 2tbsp butter to a pan then add chopped onions, tomatoes and fry till they are soft then add a few chopped mushrooms, salt, black pepper, olives and green vegetables if you want. Season with soya sauce and top with cheese. Stuff this cheesy mixture in to a wrap and enjoy! Aftari: 1. Lemonade with stevia sweetner. 2. 2 kebabs 3. A bowl full of green vegetables sauted in butter. 4. Strawberry smoothie made with yoghurt and cream. 5. Coffee if you want. *picture courtesy The Chew Recipes

Keto Cake in a Mug!

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Ingredients: 1. Almond flour 3 tbsp (you can simply grind almonds to make the flour) 2. Cocoa powder 2tbsp 3. Baking powder 1/2 tsp 4. Egg 1 5. Cream 2tbsp 6. Stevia sweetener to taste 7. Oil 2 tbsp Method: Mix all the ingredients in a mug and  cook in microwave oven for 1 mins. Enjoy!

Day 1 Keto Ramazan Challenge

Starting Weight: 65kgs (143.3lbs) Sehri: 1. Omelette made with 2 eggs. Recipe: Whip 2 eggs with green chillies, and coriander. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add full fat cheese and fry in butter. 2. 1 kebab (meat of your choice. should not have any kind of pulses added in the batter) 3. Cold coffee made in fresh cream with stevia plant extract as the sweetener. You can drink as much water as you wish! But I try to take it easy cause I have a bladder... Aftari: 1. Lemonade using stevia sweetener 2. Almonds, cardamom and chia seed infused milk (1 glass) 3. Green Vegetables sauted in butter with a dash of lemon (1 bowl) 4. Chicken Tikka grilled in olive oil (marinated in ginger, garlic, yoghurt, vinegar, salt, black and red pepper) Can take 5 strawberries with cream if you still feel hungry. Best of Luck!

10 Days Ramazan KetoDiet Challenge!

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One third of Ramazan is already gone and I like most of us, I still haven't lost a pound! since Ketogenic Diet is all the rage these days and I have seen many people losing weight by sticking to it so here I am, giving it a try for the next 10 days! (keeping my fingers crossed that  get no iftar invitations) So here is a brief and simple summary of how the diet works for you guys: carbohydrates are the major source of energy for our bodies. In the absence of Carbs, when we are consuming a high fat and protein diet (as is done in keto) our body switches from carbs to fats to provide the fuel that is needed to run it. In that process it consumes the stored fats and makes Ketone bodies out of them and hence we lose weight (and fat)! The questions that most people will have in their mind is 1.What to Eat? 2. What not to eat? 3. How long will it take? 4. Is there any side effects? Answers, to the best of my knowledge, are: 1. What to Eat? A) You can consume good fats, me...