South Indian Pregnancy Veg Diet Plan | First Trimester: Plan 1

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South Indian pregnancy veg diet plan | First trimester: Plan 1

In your first trimester, you need to eat folate-rich foods as well as take a folic acid supplement. We've highlighted in light orange foods that are rich in folic acid. You'll need plenty of iron-rich foods as well to help your body make red blood cells for your growing baby. We've highlighted in green foods that contain iron.

If you're feeling nauseous, foods rich in vitamin B6 may help with morning sickness. We've highlighted in brown foods that are rich in vitamin B6. Throughout pregnancy, you need to limit your caffeine intake as it can pass on to your baby. We have highlighted in dark orange the foods containing caffeine.

Tip: Keep dry crackers near your bed to nibble on before you get up if you feel nauseous in the morning.

Breakfast Snack Lunch Snack Dinner

• Idli Orange • Ladies' finger sambhar • Lemonade • Chickpeas curry • Mint peanut chutney • Crispy potatoes • Puffed rice with • Parotta • Tender coconut water • Garlic rasam peanuts • Curd Monday • Rice

• Oats upma with Papaya • Vegetable biryani • Coffee • Drumstick sambhar vegetables • Roasted capsicum • Sweet corn • Coconut chutney

• Banana milkshake raita sundal • Dosa Tuesday

• Potato masala Muskmelon • Spinach and red • Buttermilk • Kidney beans curry • Poori lentils dal (moru/majjige) • Beetroot • Pomegranate juice • Snake gourd masala • Mixed sprouts palya/poriyal • Curd • Chapati

• Rice Wednesday

• Appam Figs • Cottage cheese • Mango • Carrot sambhar • Vegetable stew (paneer) and capsicum milkshake • Tomato chutney • Coffee curry • Semolina (rava) idli • Beans palya/poriyal

Thursday • Chapati/rice

• Flattened rice Dates and • Black eyed peas curry • Glass of milk • Mixed vegetable soup (aval/avalakki) with raisins • Brinjal and onion • Cucumber • Garlic bread potato and peas masala dry kosambari/kos

Friday • Sweet lime juice • Sprouts salad umalli

• Wholewheat masala Almonds • Raw mango rice • Tender coconut • Fenugreek greens vegetable toast with dried • Bottle gourd raita water and potato curry • Glass of milk apricot • Roasted papad • Walnuts and • Finger millet (ragi)

raisins chapati Saturday

• Black chickpeas curry Mango • Spinach sambhar • Almond milk • Vegetable kothu • Idiyappam • Tomato rasam parotta • Orange juice • Cabbage palya/poriyal • Curd • Curd

Sunday • Rice

Note: Lentils (dal) are also a good source of folic acid.