7- Day Weight Loss Diet - Day 1 (From Kitchen of:Punita Shah)

12 pm: Green Juice, No limit

Recipe: Spinach- 1cup, Celery- 4 stalks, Opo squash(dudhi)- 4” piece, Green grapes- about 25, Cucumber (Not Persian)- 4” piece, Holy basil- ½ cup, Mint- 2 cups, Cilantro- 2 cups, Curry Leaves- ½ cup, Indian Gooseberry (Amla)- 1 cup (if whole 4-5 pieces), Ginger- 3” piece, Lemon or Lime – 1.  In Vitamix add 2 cups of ice water and grind all the ingredients along with ½ tsp cumin seeds and pinch of black pepper and Himalayan salt(optional). You can add 1-2 dates or ½ tsp of desi jaggery for sweetness if desired. Filter to make around 4 cups of green juice.

1:30 pm: Fruit Plate, 1 cup of five different fruits. Garnish with soaked nuts/ cardamom powder (As per your taste)

2:00 pm: Warm chia seed water. Soak 1 tsp chia seeds at least for an hour and in warm water add the soaked chia seeds and add1 tsp of apple cider vinegar or ½ lemon juice for taste.

2:30-3:00 pm: Lunch.  Fresh Salad 1 cup- 11/2 cup

For salad- Lettuce, all greens in spring mix (readymade salad), finely diced tomatoes, celery, three color capsicum, walnuts, sunflowers seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax seeds, cranberry, boiled chickpeas or rajma and ½ avocado.

For dressing- homemade dressing (lemon juice, black pepper, salt, olive oil)

3:30 pm-4:00 pm – Kadho (Herbal Tea) – 1 cup

In 4 cups of water add black pepper,1/2-inch ginger, ½ tsp cinnamon powder, ½ tsp cumin seed powder, ½ inch carom(ajwain) seeds, ½ tsp turmeric, ½ inch desi jaggery or 1 tsp jaggery powder,15-20 fresh mint leaves (add at the end of boiling). Boil the water till it reduces to 2 cups. Filter and add lemon juice before consuming.

4:30 pm- Energy Ball – 1 count

Recipe: Almonds -21/2 cups, Walnut- 2 cups, Cranberry- 1 cup, Goji berry - ½ cup. Dates: About 30 pcs presoaked in water for at least 30 minutes.

Coarsely grind the dry ingredients in food processor along with ginger powder- 2 tsp, cardamom powder(elaichi)- 1 tsp. Add the dates and form round balls and store for couple of weeks.

5:30-6:00 pm- Dinner – Millet Dosa and Asparagus Soup

Soup: 1 bunch of Asparagus, 4 green spring onion (use more white part), 10 peeled almonds(presoaked), 1 dark kale leaf, 1 tomato, 1 veg bullion (available at Sprouts)

In olive oil, add cumin seeds and sauté asparagus, onion, tomatoes. In Vitamix, grind the mixture with some water. Boil this soup and serve with cilantro, basil, lemon juice and black pepper as garnish.

Millet Dosa: Soak 1 cup Foxtail millet (Sridhanya), ¼ cup udad dal. Wash and soak for at least 6 hours along with few (7pcs) of fenugreek seeds(methi). Grind it to make a batter and let it ferment for 10 hours in steady room temperature. Add salt to the batter and make dosa. This dosa can be eaten with moong dal sambhar and coconut chutney.

Note: Limit 1 dosa for this weight loss program.

7:00 pm. Kadho – Drink the remainder 1 cup of herbal tea for the night.

Note: If you are very hungry in between you can eat a few pieces of apple/celery (or your choice of fruit/veggie) with the chutney recipe below.

Chutney: 1 bunch cilantro, 20 pcs raw peanuts, baby spinach 4-5 leaves, green capsicum- 1, green apple- 1, date -1, cumin seeds, 1 green chili, salt & 1/2 lemon juice. Grind all the above to fine paste and store in refrigerator.