Meal chart · Jain · Maintenance

7-day maintenance diet plan
Jain, Indian

An ordinary, sustainable Indian day at roughly a maintenance intake — the plan for when nothing needs to change quickly.

What one day on this chart comes to

Seven-day average, per day

2,040kcal / day Day to day the chart runs 1,976–2,052 kcal, with 67–91 g of protein and 44.7 g of fibre — portioned to a 1,900–2,200 kcal band and sitting inside it on the average. No figure here was typed in: each one is the sum of the servings printed below it.

Protein 84.0 g · 16.6% Carbs 246.0 g · 48.7% Fat 78.0 g · 34.7%

SOURCE·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·REVIEWED JUL 2026

outer ring = portion on the plateinner ring = energy it carries

Grainroti, rice, poha, idli, dosa 2.1katori 608kcal 19%of plate
Dal & legumedal, chana, rajma, besan, soya, sattu 3.6katori 695kcal 32%of plate
Vegetable & fruitsabzi, saag, salad, fruit 1.8katori 194kcal 16%of plate
Dairy, egg & meatcurd, paneer, milk, egg, fish, chicken 3.2katori 419kcal 29%of plate
Fat, nut & sweetchutney, pickle, nuts, mithai, chai 0.6katori 123kcal 5%of plate

Grain takes 19% പ്ലേറ്റിന്റെ, ഒപ്പം 30% of the energy; vegetables take 16% പ്ലേറ്റിന്റെ, ഒപ്പം 10% of the energy. Dal and legume sit at 3.6 katori a day. Portions are the seven-day average, in katori of 150 g — the same katori the serving weights and the grocery list use.

SOURCE·Served weights and energy from the dishes in this chart·5 plate groups, composite dishes assigned whole·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Step one · the number this chart is not Work out your own calorie target Not sure of the target the plan is built around? Get it in Asian-Indian terms. Come back with it and the band on this page marks itself. Behind every figure above The serving each number came from ഈ പ്ലാനിലെ ഓരോ കണക്കും ഇവിടെയുള്ള ഒരു യഥാർത്ഥ സെർവിംഗിലേക്ക് തിരികെ ചെന്നെത്തുന്നു.

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What this chart is portioned for

Most diet content assumes you want to lose weight. Plenty of people just want a sane default: enough food, enough protein, enough fibre, no fixation. This is that plan.

Jain: Every dish below is one that is routinely cooked the Jain way. The dish names are the ordinary ones — cook them without onion, garlic and root vegetables, as you already do. Leaving the onion out changes the nutrition figures only slightly; leaving out potato changes them more, and where a dish is built on potato it has simply been excluded rather than fudged.

Nothing here is imported, powdered or seasonal-only. The chart runs on atta, rice, dal, chana, curd, paneer and peanuts, and whatever vegetables are in the market this week — which is the only kind of chart anyone actually keeps to.

How a goal becomes a daily portion

The goal fixes a band, never a single number: maintenance is portioned to 1,900–2,200 kcal a day with a floor of 65 g protein and 30 g fibre.
Every meal in the library is a real combination of real servings, each with a stated weight. Nothing is scaled, shaved or rounded to make a total land.
The build chooses which meals sit on which day so the week falls inside that band and clears both floors, without repeating a meal on consecutive days.
A day total is the literal sum of the five meal figures printed beside it; the weekly average is those seven printed days divided by seven. Add them yourself and you get the same answer.
The plate chart re-reads the same servings by group rather than by meal — served grams in, katori and energy share out.

serving   = per-100 g value  x  serving weight (g)  /  100
meal      = SUM of its servings
day       = SUM of its 5 meals        week = SUM of 7 days
per day   = week / 7
katori    = served grams / 150 g
plate %   = group served grams / day served grams

The full data and method →

The week at a glance

Seven day totals, each one the sum of that day's five meals.

Maintenance · Jain — the seven day totals and their average.
Day	Calories	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Day 1 · Monday	2,051	86.4 g	229.1 g	86.7 g	33.1 g
Day 2 · Tuesday	2,052	88.8 g	271.6 g	65.3 g	48.6 g
Day 3 · Wednesday	2,050	88.4 g	216.9 g	90.8 g	40.9 g
Day 4 · Thursday	2,051	80.6 g	257.1 g	74.2 g	44.4 g
Day 5 · Friday	2,051	91.3 g	227.6 g	85.1 g	47.3 g
Day 6 · Saturday	2,051	85.4 g	250.1 g	78.0 g	53.5 g
Day 7 · Sunday	1,976	67.1 g	269.4 g	66.0 g	45.2 g
7-day average	2,040	84.0 g	246.0 g	78.0 g	44.7 g

Week total 14,282 kcal ÷ 7 = 2,040 kcal a day. Every figure above is the sum of the meals on that day, and every meal is the sum of its dishes at the serving sizes shown. Nothing has been rounded to make a total work.

The seven days in full

Dish names link to their full nutrition page on ThaliFacts, which is where these numbers come from. A dish marked est is a regional dish estimated for this site — the basis is on the method page.

Day 1 · Monday

2,051 kcal · 86.4 g protein · 33.1 g fibre

Day 1 (Monday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Methi thepla with curd Methi Thepla ×3 · Curd (Dahi) ×1	450	13.7 g	50.1 g	21.6 g	6.6 g
Mid-morning	Banana with a glass of milk Banana ×1 · Toned Milk ×1	205	7.7 g	33.4 g	4.3 g	1.8 g
Lunch	Gatte ki sabzi with roti and curd Gatte Ki Sabziest ×1 · Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Curd (Dahi) ×0.7	489	20.9 g	59.6 g	18.6 g	10.2 g
Evening snack	Paneer tikka with chai Paneer Tikka ×1 · Masala Chai ×1	356	20.5 g	17.1 g	23.1 g	1.2 g
Dinner	Three roti with palak paneer and curd Roti (Chapati) ×3 · Palak Paneer ×1.2 · Curd (Dahi) ×0.7	551	23.6 g	68.9 g	19.1 g	13.3 g
Day total	450 + 205 + 489 + 356 + 551 =	2,051	86.4 g	229.1 g	86.7 g	33.1 g

Day 2 · Tuesday

2,052 kcal · 88.8 g protein · 48.6 g fibre

Day 2 (Tuesday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Moong dal chilla with curd Moong Dal Chilla ×2 · Curd (Dahi) ×0.7	447	23.7 g	43.9 g	18.6 g	7.7 g
Mid-morning	Sattu sharbat Sattu Sharbatest ×1	328	17.5 g	50.0 g	6.3 g	8.8 g
Lunch	Dal, rice, bhindi and curd Toor Dal (Arhar) Tadka ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1 · Bhindi Masala ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×0.7	518	15.4 g	66.9 g	20.4 g	9.3 g
Evening snack	Sattu sharbat Sattu Sharbatest ×1	328	17.5 g	50.0 g	6.3 g	8.8 g
Dinner	Bajra roti with dal and sabzi Bajra Roti ×2 · Moong Dal ×1 · Lauki Sabzi ×1	431	14.7 g	60.8 g	13.7 g	14.0 g
Day total	447 + 328 + 518 + 328 + 431 =	2,052	88.8 g	271.6 g	65.3 g	48.6 g

Day 3 · Wednesday

2,050 kcal · 88.4 g protein · 40.9 g fibre

Day 3 (Wednesday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Two paneer paratha with curd പനീർ പറാത്ത ×2 · Curd (Dahi) ×1	695	29.1 g	56.8 g	39.1 g	8.4 g
Mid-morning	Glass of toned milk Toned Milk ×1	100	6.4 g	9.4 g	4.0 g	0.0 g
Lunch	Three roti, dal, sabzi, curd and salad Roti (Chapati) ×3 · Toor Dal (Arhar) Tadka ×1.2 · Mixed Vegetable Sabzi ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×1 · Green Salad ×1	698	25.5 g	96.9 g	22.5 g	20.0 g
Evening snack	Paneer tikka Paneer Tikka ×0.6	176	11.2 g	5.0 g	12.6 g	0.7 g
Dinner	Roti with palak paneer Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Palak Paneer ×1 · Green Salad ×1	381	16.2 g	48.8 g	12.6 g	11.8 g
Day total	695 + 100 + 698 + 176 + 381 =	2,050	88.4 g	216.9 g	90.8 g	40.9 g

Day 4 · Thursday

2,051 kcal · 80.6 g protein · 44.4 g fibre

Day 4 (Thursday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Moong dal chilla with green chutney Moong Dal Chilla ×2 · Green Chutney ×0.5	395	20.8 g	42.0 g	14.8 g	8.2 g
Mid-morning	Lassi with almonds സ്വീറ്റ് ലസ്സി ×1 · Almonds ×1	275	7.7 g	31.3 g	13.0 g	1.4 g
Lunch	Roti, dal, sabzi, curd and salad Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Toor Dal (Arhar) Tadka ×1 · Mixed Vegetable Sabzi ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×1 · Green Salad ×1	577	21.1 g	74.6 g	21.0 g	16.2 g
Evening snack	Sattu sharbat with peanuts Sattu Sharbatest ×1 · Peanuts ×0.6	412	21.3 g	52.4 g	12.3 g	10.0 g
Dinner	Two dosa with sambar പ്ലെയിൻ ദോശ ×2 · Sambar ×1.2	392	9.7 g	56.8 g	13.1 g	8.6 g
Day total	395 + 275 + 577 + 412 + 392 =	2,051	80.6 g	257.1 g	74.2 g	44.4 g

Day 5 · Friday

2,051 kcal · 91.3 g protein · 47.3 g fibre

Day 5 (Friday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Three chilla with sattu and curd Besan Chilla ×3 · Sattu Sharbatest ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×0.7	1,024	50.3 g	117.6 g	38.9 g	30.0 g
Mid-morning	Chai with almonds Masala Chai ×1 · Almonds ×1	134	4.4 g	10.0 g	8.3 g	1.4 g
Lunch	Kadai paneer with roti and salad കടായി പനീർ ×1 · Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Green Salad ×1	471	20.4 g	52.5 g	20.0 g	11.7 g
Evening snack	Roasted peanuts with black tea Peanuts ×0.6 · Black Tea, no sugar ×1	88	3.9 g	3.0 g	6.0 g	1.3 g
Dinner	Khichdi with curd Moong Dal Khichdi ×1.3 · Curd (Dahi) ×1	334	12.3 g	44.5 g	11.9 g	2.9 g
Day total	1,024 + 134 + 471 + 88 + 334 =	2,051	91.3 g	227.6 g	85.1 g	47.3 g

Day 6 · Saturday

2,051 kcal · 85.4 g protein · 53.5 g fibre

Day 6 (Saturday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Sattu sharbat with two chilla Sattu Sharbatest ×1 · Besan Chilla ×2	750	37.2 g	93.0 g	25.2 g	22.9 g
Mid-morning	Almonds and walnuts Almonds ×1 · വാൾനട്ട് ×0.5	113	3.4 g	2.0 g	10.1 g	1.8 g
Lunch	Three roti with kadai paneer and curd കടായി പനീർ ×1 · Roti (Chapati) ×3 · Curd (Dahi) ×1	633	27.4 g	72.6 g	26.1 g	12.6 g
Evening snack	Banana with almonds Banana ×1 · Almonds ×1	177	3.8 g	25.3 g	6.5 g	3.2 g
Dinner	Roti, moong dal and lauki Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Moong Dal ×1 · Lauki Sabzi ×1	378	13.6 g	57.2 g	10.1 g	13.0 g
Day total	750 + 113 + 633 + 177 + 378 =	2,051	85.4 g	250.1 g	78.0 g	53.5 g

Day 7 · Sunday

1,976 kcal · 67.1 g protein · 45.2 g fibre

Day 7 (Sunday) — every meal, and the day's total as the sum of those meals.
When	What	kcal	Protein	Carbs	Fat	Fibre
Breakfast	Oats with milk, peanuts and a banana Masala Oats ×1 · Toned Milk ×1 · Peanuts ×0.8 · Banana ×1	528	19.7 g	68.6 g	18.3 g	8.3 g
Mid-morning	Peanuts and a banana Peanuts ×0.8 · Banana ×1	218	6.3 g	27.2 g	8.3 g	3.5 g
Lunch	Chana dal, roti and sabzi Chana Dal ×1 · Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Mixed Vegetable Sabzi ×1	510	18.2 g	72.9 g	15.2 g	16.3 g
Evening snack	Sweet lassi സ്വീറ്റ് ലസ്സി ×1	203	5.3 g	30.0 g	6.8 g	0.0 g
Dinner	Roti with chana dal and bhindi Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Chana Dal ×1 · Bhindi Masala ×1	517	17.6 g	70.7 g	17.4 g	17.1 g
Day total	528 + 218 + 510 + 203 + 517 =	1,976	67.1 g	269.4 g	66.0 g	45.2 g

How to actually use it

Treat the serving counts as the plan and the dish names as suggestions. Two rotis is the plan; whether they sit beside bhindi or lauki changes almost nothing. If you swap a dish, swap it for something in the same family — a katori of dal for a katori of dal, not a katori of dal for a katori of kheer.

The single biggest source of error between this page and your kitchen is fat. Every figure assumes an ordinary home hand with the oil: about a teaspoon per person in a sabzi, a teaspoon in the tadka. Double the oil and a day like Day 3 gains roughly 200 kcal without a single extra dish appearing on the table.

Maintenance is personal. The number here is a common adult figure, not yours — work out your own on the calorie target page.

Swap the chart, keep the portions

The same five eating occasions, portioned for a different goal or a different kitchen.

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The questions that come after the chart

How many calories a day is this Jain maintenance plan?

It averages 2,040 kcal a day across the seven days, ranging from 1,976 to 2,052 kcal. The plan was built to a target of 2,050 kcal, which is a common figure rather than your figure — work out your own on the calorie target page.

How much protein does it give?

84.0 g a day on average, with 44.7 g of fibre. Protein comes from dal, chana, curd and paneer — no supplement is assumed anywhere in this plan.

Can I swap meals between days?

Yes, and you should. The days are interchangeable by design: each one is built from the same pool of meals and lands in the same band. Swapping Tuesday's lunch onto Friday changes nothing that matters. What changes the plan is changing the serving counts.

What does a week of this cost?

Roughly ₹700 of groceries for one adult for the week at indicative metro retail rates, or about ₹100 a day. The biggest lines are curd, paneer, vegetables. That is an indicative figure, not a price index — see the grocery list for the full working.

Is this plan safe to follow?

It is illustrative, not prescriptive. It is built on average composition data for typical home cooking and cannot know your health, your medication, your allergies or your activity. Maintenance is personal. The number here is a common adult figure, not yours — work out your own on the calorie target page. Take it to a doctor or a registered dietitian before you rely on it.

Calories and macros are computed from the ThaliFacts dataset, which is based on the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), plus the regional dishes estimated for this site and marked est wherever they appear. Energy reconciles against 4P + 4C + 9F on every build. Every source, with the date it was last checked, is listed on the sources page. General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. These are illustrative plans built on average values; they are not prescriptions and cannot account for allergies, conditions or medication.