Wanna try fibremaxxing? Here’s an Indian menu for it

Fibremaxxing is the new health trend everyone’s talking about. The idea is simple: eat more fibre-rich foods to keep your gut happy, control blood sugar, and stay full for longer. While many are reaching for fancy supplements and imported seeds, India already has a fibre-rich menu ready and waiting, in every home kitchen.

If you want to give fibremaxxing a try, here’s how to do it the Indian way:

Breakfast
Kick-start your morning with grains and fruits that fuel you without weighing you down.

• Ragi dosa with coconut chutney
• Vegetable upma with grated carrot and roasted peanuts
• Oats idli with sambar
• Millet porridge topped with banana or papaya
• Whole wheat paratha stuffed with methi, cabbage or sattu

Lunch
For lunch, mix lentils, grains and vegetables — the classic Indian combination that naturally balances fibre, protein and flavour.

• Brown rice or millet rice with sambar and avial
• Chapati with mixed vegetable curry and moong dal tadka
• Rajma chawal or black chana curry with cucumber salad
• Bajra khichdi with curd and roasted papad
• Kerala matta rice with thoran and pulissery

Dinner
Evenings are best kept light but satisfying. Go for warm, easy-to-digest meals that still pack fibre.

• Vegetable dal soup with millet roti
• Quinoa upma with sprouts salad
• Oats khichdi with a spoon of ghee
• Besan chilla stuffed with grated vegetables
• Simple dal fry with brown rice and sautéed greens

Snacks
You don’t need to skip snacks to stay healthy — just pick the right ones.

• Roasted chana or spiced makhana
• Sprout chaat with lemon and coriander
• Baked sweet potato wedges
• Fruit chaat with guava, apple and pomegranate
• Roasted pumpkin, flax or sunflower seeds

Before you reach for a fibre supplement or a packaged health bar, take a look at your thali. Indian food already checks every box that the fibremaxxing trend celebrates - wholesome, plant-based and full of natural fibre. Turns out, we’ve been doing it long before it became cool.