Vegetarian Pregnancy Recipes
How you take care of yourself, including how well you eat, is a direct reflection on how you take care of your baby. Pregnancy is a good time to fine tune an already good diet and improve a poor diet by eating nutritious, well balanced meals.
Here are some yummy and nutritious vegetarian pregnancy recipes that you can try out, for a change from the usual curries and kheemas:
Mushroom and sweet corn porridge
- Good source of selenium, copper, vitamin A and C
What you need:
- 120g sweet corn
- 80g dried mushroom
- 80g carrot
- 8 cups of water
- 1 tsp salad oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
What you do:
- Wash and dice carrot
- Wash the corn and drain
- Soak the mushrooms until soft and drain
- Slice the mushrooms thinly
- Wash and soak the rice for 30 minutes
- Place the rice in a pot and add water
- Bring to a boil and lower heat to a simmer
- When the porridge is done, add carrot, mushrooms and sweet corn. Cook till soft
- Add salt and salad oil before serving
Baby corn with snow peas
- Good source of dietary fiber and Vitamins A, B and C
What you need:
- Baby Corn
- Snow Peas, washed & stringed (strip out the fibrous edges)
- 4 cloves garlic, minced/chopped
- ½ Cup blanching liquid from baby corn (or use ½ cup plain water)
- 1½ Tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp light soy
- 2 Tbsp Rice Wine
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp corn flour mixed with 2 tsp cold water
What you do:
- If using fresh baby corn, blanch in boiling water for three minutes first. Drain and reserve ½ Cup of the blanching liquid. Slice each ear of baby corn in half lengthwise.
- Heat oil and fry garlic until fragrant. Add snow peas and stir-fry for 2mins. Add baby corn & stir.
- Add remaining ingredients except corn flour paste. Bring to a boil.
- Add corn flour paste and stir until sauce is thickened and clear. Serve.
Spinach with minced garlic
- Good source of iron and calcium
What you need:
- Chinese Spinach
- 2 slices old ginger, shredded
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 2 tbsp oilSeasoning:
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp sugar
What you do:
- Wash and pluck spinach into four inch lengths.
- Heat oil. Fry ginger and garlic until fragrant
- Fry vegetables and add seasoning and fry well for approx. five minutes.
- Serve
Cauliflower and broccoli with milk
- Good source of Vitamin C, K, B5, B6 and manganese
What you need:
- Cauliflower, broccoli, frozen mixed vegetables
- 1½ tbsp flour
- ½ cup fresh milk Seasoning:
- ½ tsp salt
- Dash of pepper
What you do:
- Wash cauliflower & broccoli, cut into florets.
- Put the cauliflower, broccoli & frozen mixed vegetables with a little hot water, cover with microwave wrap, and “steam” in microwave for 4 to 5mins.
- Arrange the Vegetables on serving plate
- Fry flour with 1½ Tbsp oil in a wok over low heat until slightly brown. Gradually add in fresh milk and blend well. Stir in seasoning. Mix well, and pour over vegetables.
- Serve.
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