Dr Subhasree Ray @DrSubhasree, my favourite nutritionist on Twitter, tweeted her idea of health evening snacks:

 

My choice of evening snacks:

 

- Boiled egg

- Roasted chana+peanuts

- A fistful of mixed dry fruits

- Greek yogurt

- Makhana 

- Beaten moong

- Mixed fruit bowl

- Veg-paneer salad

- Sesame-jaggery chikki (sometimes)

- Sprouts

- Corn chaat.

 

What your's?

 

Dr Ray gets a lot of Likes and RTs, not to mention queries and responses.   Here I have tried to summarize the other ideas:

 

 

పరిగి Ramesh Kumar, Ph.D. @Rameshparigi

 

Roasted Masala Puffed Rice with Groundnuts!!(Kaaram  masala Borugulu)

 

SandeepVarma @sandeepvarma15

 

Roasted nuts and seeds while driving back home as snack cum dinner.

 

Dr Tanveey Singg @SinggTanveey

 

Sprouts bhel 

 

Others:

-  Puffed rice (murmura) + chana

-  Jhalmuri

-  Dahi vada

-  Roasted chana / peanuts

- Roasted makhana

- Greek yogurt

- Mixed fruit bowl

- Popcorn

- Corn chaat

- Boiled eggs

 

 

Don'ts according to Dr Ray

 

Avoid rusk and corn flakes.

 

My own additions to this list:

 

 

- Boiled American Sweet Corn

- Chana jor / Moong jor (beaten roasted dals/pulses)
- Roasted avarekalu/pavta

- Morning breakfast items (idli, upma, poha, shevai, dhokla, khandvi, handvo, etc)

- Bhel

- Murmura + mixed dry fruits

- Mumbai Sandwich (Single slice open sandwich.)

I always had a problem with what to have in a Maharashtrian restaurant. It is tough to choose a non-oily snack.

 

Listing Maharashtrian Snacks. Those which I consider healthy, I have put a  💚.

 

My favourite is Kande Pohe 💚.

 

 

Kande Pohe 💚

Dadpe Pohe 💚

Tari Poha 💚 (with the addition of chana ussal -- you are adding taste and nutrition)

Kothimbir wadi (steamed) 💚

Alu wadi (steamed) 💚

Upma / Sanja 💚

Shevayacha Upma  💚 (semolina/sevai/semige)

Makyachya Kansacha Upma  💚 (shelled corn)

Thalipeeth (savoury mixed flour thick roti) 💚

Sabudana Khichdi 💚

Missal

Ussal Pav 💚

Appe 💚

Suralichya wadya (Khandvi) 💚

Jhunka Bhakri 💚

Pitle Bhakri 💚

Phodnichi Poli 💚 (savoury stir fry of stale chapati/poli)

Phodnicha Bhaat 💚 (savoury stir fry of stale boiled rice/bhaat)

Vatleli daal 💚 

Ukkad 💚 

Ukkad Pendi 💚 

Dhirde (धिरडे ) 💚 (made with wheat, jwari, etc) (Maharashtrian version of dosa)

Amboli + chutney  💚 (Maharashtrian version of dosa)

 

I think the list of "UNHEALTHY " fried items is even longer.  The list of sweet items is also long.  Hope you encounter them and eat them. Blessed to be in Mumbai. Blessed to be in Maharashtra.  Jai Maharashtra.