Dahl Chaparti (spelling?)

[gail2]

had this for dinner it was very nice but not in book just wondered what carb/cal was had 2 chappti and a dinner plate of dahl
Cheers
Gail

 

[Lucyr]

Probably 100-120g carb. Two chapati is 50g, then depends what kind of Dahl you had but will be at least 50g carb for a dinner plate full

 

[trophywench]

Depends on what flour the chapatis were made from, ordinary wheat flour or besen/gram flour (ie ground up dried chick peas so still carb + protein but less carb than wheat flour) and how large they were, plus what the dahl was made of - usually lentils and shedloads of spices etc so carb (+ protein) from the lentils at least. I don't think I'd guess quite as high as Lucy, meself but maybe jab for 80g total - and see what happens - but only jab for 100 or 120 providing you have quick and easy access to hypo treatment.

Most of us have far easier access to insulin than you do (and we do sympathise with that scenario) so don't worry unduly when deciding to be our own lab rat when experimenting with 'How much shall I jab for this, then? meals because if our BG is too high after eating it we can have a correction bolus and if too low - just eat summat else on top.

 

[Leadinglights]

had this for dinner it was very nice but not in book just wondered what carb/cal was had 2 chappti and a dinner plate of dahl
Cheers
Gail

My Carbs and Cals book say chapatis are about 40g carbs each, Dahl would be a bit of a guess without knowing the quantity but could be as much as 40g as well.

 

[Lucyr]

It’s the “dinner plate of” bit of the Dahl that’s making me guess high. A dinner plate is large and you wouldn’t normally have a dinner plate of Dahl more usually a small dish.