Low calorie, low carb at an Indian restaurant

[3Britnee]

I want to get a curry, onion bhaji and poppadoms.

Buuuut, I also don't want to see a rise on my blood glucose meter or my scales tomorrow.

What would you order?

When I was doing serious low carbing I'd order the chicken shashlick - the one that is cubes of chicken cooked on a skewer with no sauce at all. I'd have a green salad on the side.

Paneer with spinach is also low carb. I like the ones that come with cubes of paneer best. I can't bear the ones they describe as 'cottagecheese' on the menu.

Chicken tikka and salad

Prawn tikka and salad
Saag paneer

Ok thanks

I really didn't want only tikka and salad 😫😂 I wanted something more exciting 😂

Avoid red meat, go for fish, chicken or daahl.

Onion bhaji and poppadoms are deep fried, there's no getting away from that.

Drop the rice and get a roti instead.

Ahh my suggestion was going to be chicken tikka with salad.

Can you have a night off calorie counting ? I would say go and have the curry, enjoy, and then be sensible in the week to make up for it, if that’s an option?

I wasn't going to have naan or rice, I might ask for a curry with no wheat in case they put that in as a thickener & little fat and have it with cauliflower. Half a poppadom and 1 bhaji. I can let the calories go for one night, I haven't eaten anything else today and I have fasted for 24hrs by the time we eat.

That should be ok I reckon?

Poppadoms are made with lentil flour and aren't high carb. Avoid the bhaji, naan, rice, potato dishes. Often if you speak to staff they will make a dish with less oil if you request it. If you go for a tomatoey dish (dopiaza, bhuna, rogan josh) with only a little oil and have it with chicken or prawns you should be ok. Obviously avoid korma, masala, butter chicken etc.

I decided to sod the calories but stay as low carb as I could while still having what I wanted. It's my 40th so I decided to be a bit less strict.

I had ONE poppadom and dips, no mango chutney though.
An onion bhaji.
A lamb curry. No rice or naan.
Vegetable curry as the side, the other choices were chickpeas, potatoes or dal.
Then they put mango sorbet in front of us and I did have a bit, but it was tiny, probably only 2 tablespoons.
Then when they offered the liquor at the end, I had a baileys.

So not the best, but not the worst either.