During pregnancy, your body works day and night to provide nutrition to your baby. You and your baby need a constant supply of energy. Therefore, eating at proper intervals becomes essential. Pregnancy symptoms such as heartburn and nausea will be addressed if you eat smaller meals at regular intervals.

Here are six easy, homemade Indian snack recipes with enough fiber, carbs, and protein to help you fight hunger pangs during pregnancy. All of these recipes are full of necessary nutrients that will help you manage fatigue, exhaustion, and illnesses during pregnancy.

Bhel sprouts: This very popular Indian street food is very spicy and can be modified into healthy bhel for pregnant women with few variations. It has some coriander leaves, chopped green chillies, boiled potato, tomato, chopped onion, steamed sprouts and a bit of murmura (inflated rice). Add some sev, salt, mango powder (amchur), some tamarind sauce. Now, mix all the ingredients properly. On this mixture, sprinkle chat masala. Enjoy this Indian snack. The murmura (inflated rice) is rich in Vitamin B and Proteins. This bhel is more nutritious because it contains sprouts.

Oatmeal: It is rich in soluble fibers and is very easy to make. You need to add milk or water to the microwave and oatmeal. To make it healthier, add some grapes. Enjoy this highly nutritious snack at any time. It also contains potassium, fiber and carbohydrates.

Smoothies: Smoothies can help you manage exhaustion and fatigue and make you feel refreshed and relaxed. Prepare smoothies at home with raspberries, blueberries, mango, apple, etc. Cut the fruit into small pieces and with a food blender, blend well. For a little milk on top, and add a few ice cubes. Mix it again to create a puree. This snack contains essential nutrients, protein and calcium.

Potato masala: Use urad dal papad (roasted papad) instead of fried. You need coriander leaves, radish, onion, cucumber and finely chopped tomato. Mix all these ingredients well and spread evenly on roasted papad. Sprinkle with chaat masala, salt and some mango powder and serve. It is the best method to eat salad if you do not like large pieces. This snack is packed with nutrition and vitamins.

fruit talk– Collect the fruits in your house and cut them into smaller pieces. Take these pieces of fruit in a bowl. Add salt as per your taste, imli chutney, green chutney, chili powder, lemon juice, chaat masala, black salt and roasted cumin seed powder. Sprinkle on a few mint and coriander leaves and stir well. Instead of chutney, you can also use yogurt. This fruit chaat is packed with iron, protein, and carbohydrates.

Paneer Aloo Chaat: Cut paneer and boiled potatoes into small pieces. Fry these two elements in a pan. Also fry a little grated ginger and green peas. Mix all the ingredients and add lemon juice, salt, chaat masala and green chili. Stir them and garnish with finely chopped coriander. This paneer aloo chaat is rich in calcium.