The shortage of LPG or cooking gas in several major cities of the country, including Bengaluru, has hit hotels, restaurants and mess services. Especially in IT cities like Bangalore, thousands of students, PG youths and office workers depend on mess or small hotel meals every day. As a result, they are in dire straits due to gas supply problems.
According to reports, LPG crisis has arisen due to international situation. Tensions in the Middle East are disrupting the supply of energy. Since India is an import-dependent country for LPG, any disruption in supply has a quick impact on the market. As domestic cooking gas supply is given some priority for now, the shortage of commercial cylinders is becoming more pronounced. It has a direct impact on hotels, restaurants, office canteens and mess kitchens.
Many of the hoteliers said that it is virtually impossible to continue cooking without commercial gas. Therefore, the service is being reduced somewhere, and it is also being considered to temporarily close it somewhere. Students and working people who are dependent on mess or hotel for daily food are suffering the most.
In this situation, many messes are forced to reduce their food menu. Where earlier lunch or dinner consisted of two to three padas with rice and dal, now it is being reduced in many places.
Be it the mess or the home kitchen, now there is a new way of thinking about how to cook healthy food with less gas consumption. Especially students, working people need a menu that can be cooked in less time and also not deficient in nutrients.
Below is a healthy daily menu with low gas consumption, which can be easily done at mess or at home.
breakfast
Breakfast needs to be something that can be prepared quickly and provides energy or calories for the whole day.
1. Upma or Vegetable Poha
Made with semolina or rice flour, this dish can be prepared very quickly. Adding carrots, beans, onions or tomatoes along with it provides the body with fiber and vitamins.
2. Poached eggs and toast
Boiling eggs does not consume much gas and is a very good source of protein. Eating two pieces of toast or roti with this also keeps the stomach full for a long time.
3. Sour yogurt and fruit
Eating banana, apple or papaya with curd makes the food easy to digest and is also beneficial for the body. It does not cost any gas.
Lunch or dinner
Lunch should contain carbohydrates, proteins and vegetables necessary for the body.
1. Rice, pulses and a vegetable
This is the most simple and nutritious menu. Pulses cook quickly in a pressure cooker. It can be accompanied by any number of quick-cooking vegetables like gourds, shrimps, cabbage or beans-carrots.
2. Khichuri
If you want, you can make khichuri with rice, pulses and vegetables. It also consumes less gas and retains nutrients.
3. Salad and yogurt
Make healthy salad with cucumber, carrot, tomato. You can keep sour yogurt with it. It is very beneficial for digestion. No gas noise.
Dinner or supper
It is better to eat light food at night, so that it is easily digested.
1. Bread and vegetables
A light curry of gourd, pumpkin, shrimp or mixed vegetables with bread is a good option.
2. Dal or vegetable soup
Making soup with pulses or vegetables provides nutrients and does not burn too much gas.
3. Poached eggs or boiled eggs
Eggs make a quick protein-rich meal, perfect for a night out.
Weekly Specials
To maintain nutritional balance in the mess or house at least one day of fish or meat is kept in the week. Usually chicken curry or small fish broth, which can be cooked in relatively less time. Fish and meat contain high-quality protein, iron and vitamin B12, which help boost energy and keep muscles healthy. Nutritionists believe that such protein-rich food is important, especially for students and working people, at least once a week.
If you arrange the menu in this way, even a limited menu will not be deficient in nutrients. Vegetables such as carrots, beans, cabbage or squash contain a lot of fiber, vitamins and antioxidants, which are very effective in keeping the body healthy. All in all, it is possible to prepare healthy food in mess or home kitchen with gas consumption even during gas crisis. On the one hand, it saves energy, on the other hand, the necessary nutrients of the body are also maintained.
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