7-day Kashmiri
diet plan
Built on rice at every meal, haak, nadru, rajma, rogan josh, curd-based yakhni gravies and kahwa — the food actually cooked in Kashmir, not a north Indian week with the names changed.
What a Kashmir day comes to
Seven-day average, per day
1,688kcal / day A week of Kashmiri home cooking on this chart runs 1,579–1,917 kcal a day with 61.9 g of protein and 34.8 g of fibre. Fish or egg appears on some days; the vegetarian days stand on their own.
మూలం·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·జూలై 2026న సమీక్షించాం
outer ring = portion on the plateinner ring = energy it carries
- Grainroti, rice, poha, idli, dosa 3.3కటోరి 608kcal 31%ప్లేట్లో
- Dal & legumedal, chana, rajma, besan, soya, sattu 1.5కటోరి 354kcal 14%ప్లేట్లో
- Vegetable & fruitsabzi, saag, salad, fruit 2.7కటోరి 358kcal 25%ప్లేట్లో
- Dairy, egg & meatcurd, paneer, milk, egg, fish, chicken 2.2కటోరి 272kcal 21%ప్లేట్లో
- Fat, nut & sweetchutney, pickle, nuts, mithai, chai 1.0కటోరి 95kcal 9%ప్లేట్లో
Grain takes 31% of the plate and 36% of the energy; vegetables take 25% of the plate and 21% of the energy. Dal and legume sit at 1.5 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.
మూలం·Served weights and energy from the dishes in this chart·5 plate groups, composite dishes assigned whole·జూలై 2026న సమీక్షించాం
Coverage: Most of this cuisine's everyday dishes are covered, but several signature items had to be estimated for this site — they are marked below.
What a Kashmiri week looks like
Rice is the base of every Kashmiri meal and the gravies are built on curd and fennel rather than tomato and onion. Two things stand out nutritionally: haak, a collard green eaten almost daily, and rajma, which in Kashmir is a main dish rather than a Punjabi import. The lamb dishes are the calorie-dense end.
Staples this plan runs on: Rice at every meal, haak, nadru, rajma, rogan josh, curd-based yakhni gravies and kahwa. Where: Jammu and Kashmir.
Estimated dishes used here: Haak, Kahwa, Nadru Yakhni. These are not in the ThaliFacts dataset; each was built by recipe analysis and each carries its basis on the method page. They are marked est everywhere they appear.
How a Kashmir week is put on the chart
- The meal library for this region is restricted to Kashmir's own dishes: rice at every meal, haak, nadru, rajma, rogan josh, curd-based yakhni gravies and kahwa. Nothing outside that list can appear.
- Regional weeks are portioned to one reference band, 1,550–2,300 kcal, because the question here is what the region eats — not what a goal requires.
- Each serving carries a stated weight; a meal is the sum of its servings, a day the sum of its five meals, the week the sum of its seven days.
- Dishes missing from the underlying dataset were estimated for this site by recipe analysis and are marked est wherever they appear, never quietly substituted.
- The plate chart re-reads the same servings by group, so the region's shape — rice-forward, coconut-forward, dal-forward — is visible before any number is read.
serving = per-100 g value x serving weight (g) / 100 day = SUM of 5 meals week = SUM of 7 days per day = week / 7 katori = served grams / 150 g plate % = group served grams / day served grams
The week at a glance
| Day | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 · Monday | 1,917 | 77.3 g | 213.0 g | 83.8 g | 41.4 g |
| Day 2 · Tuesday | 1,656 | 56.7 g | 230.6 g | 55.9 g | 34.3 g |
| Day 3 · Wednesday | 1,795 | 70.8 g | 232.1 g | 64.7 g | 34.4 g |
| Day 4 · Thursday | 1,601 | 54.6 g | 227.8 g | 51.5 g | 36.0 g |
| Day 5 · Friday | 1,681 | 57.2 g | 217.8 g | 64.2 g | 38.8 g |
| Day 6 · Saturday | 1,579 | 61.3 g | 176.0 g | 69.9 g | 28.4 g |
| Day 7 · Sunday | 1,585 | 55.5 g | 216.5 g | 55.2 g | 30.2 g |
| 7-day average | 1,688 | 61.9 g | 216.3 g | 63.6 g | 34.8 g |
Week total 11,814 kcal ÷ 7 = 1,688 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
Day 1 · Monday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Besan chilla with green chutney
Besan Chilla ×2 · Green Chutney ×0.5
|
433 | 20.1 g | 44.2 g | 19.4 g | 14.7 g |
| Mid-morning | 113 | 3.4 g | 2.0 g | 10.1 g | 1.8 g | |
| Lunch |
Rogan josh with rice and haak
Rogan Josh ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Haakest ×1
|
707 | 33.5 g | 81.8 g | 27.5 g | 8.7 g |
| Evening snack |
Kahwa with walnuts
Kahwaest ×1 · Walnuts ×1
|
119 | 2.4 g | 8.1 g | 8.7 g | 1.1 g |
| Dinner |
Rajma with a small plate of rice and haak
Rajma Curry ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Haakest ×1
|
545 | 17.9 g | 76.9 g | 18.1 g | 15.1 g |
| Day total | 433 + 113 + 707 + 119 + 545 = | 1,917 | 77.3 g | 213.0 g | 83.8 g | 41.4 g |
Day 2 · Tuesday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Kahwa with roti and curd
Kahwaest ×1 · Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
315 | 11.6 g | 49.7 g | 7.8 g | 6.9 g |
| Mid-morning |
Glass of toned milk
Toned Milk ×1
|
100 | 6.4 g | 9.4 g | 4.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Kashmiri rajma with rice
Rajma Curry ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Haakest ×1
|
646 | 20.0 g | 99.7 g | 18.2 g | 15.9 g |
| Evening snack |
ఒక గిన్నె పెరుగు
Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
90 | 4.7 g | 4.5 g | 6.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Dinner |
Nadru yakhni with a small plate of rice
Nadru Yakhniest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Haakest ×1
|
505 | 14.0 g | 67.3 g | 19.9 g | 11.5 g |
| Day total | 315 + 100 + 646 + 90 + 505 = | 1,656 | 56.7 g | 230.6 g | 55.9 g | 34.3 g |
Day 3 · Wednesday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Besan chilla with green chutney
Besan Chilla ×2 · Green Chutney ×0.5
|
433 | 20.1 g | 44.2 g | 19.4 g | 14.7 g |
| Mid-morning |
ఒక అరటిపండు
Banana ×1
|
105 | 1.3 g | 24.0 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
| Lunch |
Rogan josh with rice and haak
Rogan Josh ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Haakest ×1
|
707 | 33.5 g | 81.8 g | 27.5 g | 8.7 g |
| Evening snack |
Banana
Banana ×1
|
105 | 1.3 g | 24.0 g | 0.3 g | 1.8 g |
| Dinner |
Haak with a small plate of rice and curd
Haakest ×1.2 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
445 | 14.6 g | 58.1 g | 17.2 g | 7.4 g |
| Day total | 433 + 105 + 707 + 105 + 445 = | 1,795 | 70.8 g | 232.1 g | 64.7 g | 34.4 g |
Day 4 · Thursday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Daliya with milk
Namkeen Daliya ×1 · Toned Milk ×0.6
|
258 | 10.0 g | 38.0 g | 7.1 g | 5.0 g |
| Mid-morning |
ఒక గిన్నె పెరుగు
Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
90 | 4.7 g | 4.5 g | 6.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Kashmiri rajma with rice
Rajma Curry ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Haakest ×1
|
646 | 20.0 g | 99.7 g | 18.2 g | 15.9 g |
| Evening snack |
Chai on its own
Masala Chai ×1
|
62 | 2.0 g | 8.7 g | 2.1 g | 0.0 g |
| Dinner |
Rajma with a small plate of rice and haak
Rajma Curry ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Haakest ×1
|
545 | 17.9 g | 76.9 g | 18.1 g | 15.1 g |
| Day total | 258 + 90 + 646 + 62 + 545 = | 1,601 | 54.6 g | 227.8 g | 51.5 g | 36.0 g |
Day 5 · Friday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Besan chilla with green chutney
Besan Chilla ×2 · Green Chutney ×0.5
|
433 | 20.1 g | 44.2 g | 19.4 g | 14.7 g |
| Mid-morning |
Glass of toned milk
Toned Milk ×1
|
100 | 6.4 g | 9.4 g | 4.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Nadru yakhni with rice
Nadru Yakhniest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Haakest ×1
|
605 | 16.1 g | 90.1 g | 20.0 g | 12.3 g |
| Evening snack |
Kahwa
Kahwaest ×1
|
38 | 0.6 g | 6.8 g | 0.9 g | 0.3 g |
| Dinner |
Nadru yakhni with a small plate of rice
Nadru Yakhniest ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Haakest ×1
|
505 | 14.0 g | 67.3 g | 19.9 g | 11.5 g |
| Day total | 433 + 100 + 605 + 38 + 505 = | 1,681 | 57.2 g | 217.8 g | 64.2 g | 38.8 g |
Day 6 · Saturday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Paratha with curd
Plain Paratha ×1 · Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
262 | 8.4 g | 26.9 g | 13.5 g | 3.8 g |
| Mid-morning | 113 | 3.4 g | 2.0 g | 10.1 g | 1.8 g | |
| Lunch |
Rogan josh with rice and haak
Rogan Josh ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Haakest ×1
|
707 | 33.5 g | 81.8 g | 27.5 g | 8.7 g |
| Evening snack |
Kahwa with walnuts
Kahwaest ×1 · Walnuts ×1
|
119 | 2.4 g | 8.1 g | 8.7 g | 1.1 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 | 262 + 113 + 707 + 119 + 378 = | 1,579 | 61.3 g | 176.0 g | 69.9 g | 28.4 g |
Day 7 · Sunday
| When | What | kcal | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
Kahwa with roti and curd
Kahwaest ×1 · Roti (Chapati) ×2 · Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
315 | 11.6 g | 49.7 g | 7.8 g | 6.9 g |
| Mid-morning |
ఒక గిన్నె పెరుగు
Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
90 | 4.7 g | 4.5 g | 6.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Lunch |
Haak with rice and curd
Haakest ×1.2 · Boiled White Rice ×1.8 · Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
545 | 16.6 g | 80.9 g | 17.3 g | 8.2 g |
| Evening snack |
ఒక గిన్నె పెరుగు
Curd (Dahi) ×1
|
90 | 4.7 g | 4.5 g | 6.0 g | 0.0 g |
| Dinner |
Rajma with a small plate of rice and haak
Rajma Curry ×1 · Boiled White Rice ×1.2 · Haakest ×1
|
545 | 17.9 g | 76.9 g | 18.1 g | 15.1 g |
| Day total | 315 + 90 + 545 + 90 + 545 = | 1,585 | 55.5 g | 216.5 g | 55.2 g | 30.2 g |
Adjusting it
At 1,688 kcal a day this week sits well below a typical adult maintenance intake — a mild deficit for many adults, and genuinely light for anyone active. To move it in either direction, the lever in Kashmir is the same as everywhere else and it is not the cuisine: it is the grain. One katori of rice instead of two, or two rotis instead of three, moves a day by two to three hundred calories on its own and leaves everything you actually taste untouched.
To push protein up without changing the character of the food, add a second katori of the dal or legume that is already on the plate. That is cheaper than any other option and it is already in your kitchen.
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Twelve other regional weeks, each portioned from its own staples.
The questions that come after the chart
What does a normal Kashmiri day of food add up to?
On this plan, 1,688 kcal and 61.9 g of protein a day on average, across five eating occasions. Individual days run from 1,579 to 1,917 kcal. A festival day or a restaurant meal sits well above this.
Is this a real Kashmiri plan or a north Indian plan renamed?
It is built from Kashmir's own dishes: rice at every meal, haak, nadru, rajma, rogan josh, curd-based yakhni gravies and kahwa. Where a signature dish is not in the underlying nutrition dataset it has been estimated specifically for this site and marked, rather than swapped for a north Indian dish with a regional name attached.
Where does Kashmiri food usually go wrong nutritionally?
Rice is the base of every Kashmiri meal and the gravies are built on curd and fennel rather than tomato and onion. Two things stand out nutritionally: haak, a collard green eaten almost daily, and rajma, which in Kashmir is a main dish rather than a Punjabi import. The lamb dishes are the calorie-dense end.
Can I use this to lose weight?
At 1,688 kcal a day this week sits well below a typical adult maintenance intake — a mild deficit for many adults, and genuinely light for anyone active — it was written to show what the region eats, not to create a deficit. If you want a deficit built on similar food, the goal-based plans are the place to start. The honest answer is that the regional pattern matters far less than the serving count: two katoris of rice instead of one moves the number more than the cuisine does.
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.
మూలం·Computed from ThaliFacts food data·జూలై 2026న సమీక్షించాం
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