Antega India · Recipes
Everyday meal ideas for anyone hoping to conceive, written for India.
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These recipes are written for anyone hoping to conceive, including partners. General healthy-eating advice applies to both partners; talk to a doctor about any specific concerns.
If you are having fertility treatment, follow the food, drink and supplement advice given by your clinic — it takes priority over general guidance.
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Lunch
Punjabi-style kidney bean curry served over steamed rice with a simple cucumber and onion salad. A filling, budget-friendly lunch that provides protein, vegetables and whole grains and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
Evening meal
A savoury Gujarati baked cake made from rice and mixed lentil batter with grated vegetables — a wholesome one-dish meal.
BreakfastTrying to conceive
Flattened rice (poha) tossed with onion, peas, carrot and peanuts, a Maharashtrian breakfast that's light but filling and ready in minutes.
20 min total
BreakfastTrying to conceive
Savoury North Indian pancakes made from split moong dal batter, stuffed with crumbled paneer and palak (spinach) for a protein-rich start to the day.
30 min total
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Gram flour (besan) pancakes packed with grated carrot, onion and capsicum — a quick, protein-rich North Indian breakfast staple.
25 min total
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Roasted semolina (rava/sooji) simmered with onion, carrot, peas and curry leaves — a South Indian breakfast that's quick, filling and easy on the stomach.
25 min total
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Steamed rice and urad dal cakes served with a tangy, vegetable-rich sambar — a classic Tamil Nadu breakfast that's steamed, not fried.
45 min total
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Thin, crisp finger-millet (ragi) dosas from Karnataka, naturally gluten-free and served with a tangy tomato chutney.
35 min total
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Thick South Indian pancakes made from fermented rice and urad dal batter, topped with onion, tomato and capsicum.
25 min total
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A quick, pan-Indian breakfast of rolled oats simmered savoury-style with onion, tomato, carrot and peas, spiced with everyday masalas.
17 min total
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Broken wheat (dalia/daliya) simmered with onion, carrot and peas — a wholesome, fibre-rich North Indian breakfast porridge.
30 min total
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Soft Gujarati flatbreads made from pearl millet (bajra) flour and fresh fenugreek (methi) leaves, served with a bowl of curd.
40 min total
LunchTrying to conceive
A North Indian chickpea curry cooked with onion, tomato and everyday spices, served with soft whole-wheat rotis. Provides protein, fibre and vegetables and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
50 min total
LunchTrying to conceive
A cooling South Indian rice dish mixed with curd and tempered with mustard seeds and curry leaves, finished with pomegranate seeds. A gentle everyday lunch that provides calcium and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
30 min total
LunchTrying to conceive
Tangy South Indian lemon rice tempered with mustard seeds, peanuts and curry leaves, with added chana for extra protein. A quick everyday lunch that provides whole grains and plant protein and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
30 min total
LunchTrying to conceive
A one-bowl South Indian lunch of steamed rice topped with a lentil and mixed vegetable sambar. Provides plant protein, fibre and vegetables and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
45 min total
LunchTrying to conceive
Scrambled paneer with onion, tomato and mild spices, rolled up in a whole-wheat roti for an easy packed lunch. Provides protein and calcium and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
25 min total
LunchTrying to conceive
A Bihari stuffed flatbread made with roasted gram flour (sattu) and spices, served with cooling curd. A filling, protein-rich lunch that can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
40 min total
Batch cookingTrying to conceive
A comforting one-pot dish of rice, mixed dals and seasonal vegetables, cooked soft together. Easy to batch cook and freeze in portions, it provides plant protein, fibre and vegetables and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
45 min total
SnacksTrying to conceive
A tangy salad of boiled chickpeas with onion, tomato, cucumber and chaat masala, made hygienically at home rather than bought from a street stall. Provides plant protein and fibre and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
35 min total
SoupsTrying to conceive
A light, peppery South Indian tomato and tamarind soup, spooned over steamed rice. A gentle, easy-to-digest meal that can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
30 min total
SnacksTrying to conceive
A South Indian steamed and tempered snack made with thoroughly cooked sprouted moong, mustard seeds and curry leaves. Provides plant protein and fibre and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
25 min total
SnacksTrying to conceive
Fox nuts (makhana) and peanuts dry-roasted with a little ghee and mild spices — a light, crunchy snack from Bihar and North India that can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
20 min total
Smoothies & drinksTrying to conceive
A traditional Karnataka drink made from finger millet (ragi) flour cooked into a thin porridge and mixed with milk. Provides calcium and can form part of a balanced diet while trying to conceive.
15 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Smoky roasted baingan (brinjal/aubergine) mashed and cooked with onion, tomato and spices, served with soft roti.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Stir-fried bhindi (okra) with onion and spices, paired with a simple tadka dal and roti for a balanced everyday thali.
50 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Fresh methi (fenugreek leaves) cooked with paneer, onion and tomato in a lightly spiced gravy, served with roti.
35 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
One-pot rice cooked with mixed seasonal vegetables, paneer and whole spices — an easy, filling evening meal.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Moong dal simmered with palak (spinach) and light spices, served with fragrant cumin-flavoured rice.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
A Kerala mixed-vegetable curry in coconut and curd, lightly spiced with curry leaves, served with red rice.
50 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
A comforting Maharashtrian meal of simply cooked toor dal (varan) with rice and a lightly spiced seasonal vegetable sabzi.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Soya chunks (nutri) simmered with mixed vegetables in a lightly spiced onion-tomato gravy, served with roti.
40 min total
Batch cookingTrying to conceive
Wholesome jowar (sorghum) roti served with a thoroughly cooked sprouted moong (green gram) sabzi, lightly spiced.
35 min total
BreakfastTrying to conceive
Spiced scrambled eggs with onion, tomato and green chilli, a quick pan-Indian breakfast served with roti (chapati).
20 min total
BreakfastTrying to conceive
North Indian flatbread stuffed with spiced beaten egg, cooked on a tawa with a little ghee and served with curd (dahi / plain yoghurt).
30 min total
BreakfastTrying to conceive
South Indian rice-and-lentil dosa spread with a spiced beaten egg while it cooks, a popular street-style breakfast made at home.
25 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Boiled eggs simmered in a pan-Indian onion-tomato masala, served with steamed rice for an easy weekday evening meal.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Chicken marinated in curd and tandoori spices, cooked in the oven or on a tawa, served with grilled onion, capsicum and tomato — a North Indian favourite made without a clay tandoor.
50 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
Tamil Nadu-style chicken cooked with black pepper, curry leaves and freshly ground spices, served with steamed rice.
45 min total
SoupsTrying to conceive
A light, warming clear soup in the Northeast Indian home style, with chicken, seasonal vegetables, ginger and fresh herbs — a Manipur and Nagaland kitchen staple, not a stir fry.
45 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
A light West Bengal fish curry made with rohu, a widely available lower-mercury freshwater fish, simmered with potato and a simple mustard-oil masala. Katla or mrigal work just as well if rohu is not available.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
A gently spiced Kerala coconut milk curry made with mackerel or pomfret, two commonly available lower-mercury fish along the Kerala coast, with curry leaves, ginger and green chilli.
35 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
A tangy coconut and tamarind fish curry in the Goan home style, made with pomfret or mackerel, served with steamed rice.
40 min total
Evening mealTrying to conceive
A light, sour Assamese fish curry made with rohu, flavoured with tomato and lemon rather than heavy spices — a gentle, easy-to-digest everyday dish.
30 min total
