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Why green vegetables are a neglected gold mine, especially during Dashain

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“Go vegetable heavy. Reverse the psychology of your plate by making meat the side dish and vegetables the main course.”– Bobby Flay We have an expression in Nepali: what are you, a “bhat bahadur” or a “sag bahadur”? Good-humoredly, it questions what type of a person are you: the one who prefers rice and cares little about green vegetables or the other who loves greens more? More often than not, we fall under the high “bhat bahadur” bracket. It’s no secret that people have been eating green vegetables from prehistoric times. We eat them each day. They also happen to be an indispensable portion that makes our staple diet dal-bhat complete. The issue is: we are not eating enough. Eat greens more “A lot of times dal-bhat gets a bad reputation for being “too carb-heavy” but that has to do with portion size rather than the meal itself. A well-rounded plate should be filled half with vegetables, preferably sautéed and steamed, ¼ of the plate should include lean protein such as dal or c...