Why is my tummy craving more food after this lentils soup dinner?

Bealer

For dinner I make this "tadka dal" (lentils soup) with basmati rice, as people in India call it. I feel really full right after I've eaten it, but just a couple of hours later, I am really hungry again. Is the dinner high GI? I thought both basmati and split and huskless mung beans were reasonably low GI?

I do remove the foam from the mung beans when they're cooking and rinse and soak both the basmati and mung beans. Is that the problem? Does that process rinse away the nutrients or fiber?

Here is the recipe:

Half a cup of Trophy basmati rice, takes about 15 mins to cook

Half cup of skinned and split mung beans
Water
Some salt
Some cayenne pepper

I also add a tbsp of vegetable oil to the mung beans at the end

Seasoning/tempering (tadka):
Tbsp butter
Half a yellow onion
Tbsp crushed garlic
Tbsp grated ginger
Mustard seeds
Cumin seeds
Some red chili
Some green chilli
Pinch of asafoetida
Some garam masala
Turmeric powder

I dont have worms in the tummy, I get really stuffed after eating half a cup of oats for breakfast. Please help me figure out what makes me so hungry shortly after eating this dinner? It is at least a 1000 kcals, which makes it all the more puzzling to me...

valk_scot

There's not enough fat and protein, that's why. Both increase saity, which is not the same as just filling up your stomach. If you added in some full fat yogurt as a topping or pudding or fried some onions and added nuts of some kind, this would increase fat and protein content and you'd feel fuller longer. Or had some meaty type of curry alongside of course.

And just looking back over your recipe I can't quite see that coming to 1000 calories, even with the oil. Half a cup of rice is about 2oz, which is 200 calories. A tablespoonful of oil is 120 cals. Mung beans are about 200-300 for that half cup. Where's the rest coming from?

Bealer

valk_scot wrote: »

There's not enough fat and protein, that's why. Both increase saity, which is not the same as just filling up your stomach. If you added in some full fat yogurt as a topping or pudding or fried some onions and added nuts of some kind, this would increase fat and protein content and you'd feel fuller longer. Or had some meaty type of curry alongside of course.

And just looking back over your recipe I can't quite see that coming to 1000 calories, even with the oil. Half a cup of rice is about 2oz, which is 200 calories. A tablespoonful of oil is 120 cals. Mung beans are about 200-300 for that half cup. Where's the rest coming from?

Thanks for the response.

I wrote wrong in the initial post. Its (dried measurement) 120 grams rice and 140 grams split huskless mung beans (the yellow kind).

One tablespoon of oil plus a tablespoon of butter (as part of the tempering) added to the mung beans.

This should add up to at least a 1000 kcals (about 900 calories from rice and beas alone).

Is the split yellow mung beans a bad type of protein that wont increase satiety? The protein content from the mung beans alone in this dish is 40g.

valk_scot

Do you eat the whole lot in one go?

I'm not saying that mung beans are a bad protein btw. In old fashioned terms though they're not a complete protein like meat protein, they have to be combined with a complementary incomplete protein like the rice. So that's fine for protein once you've digested it all but I don't think it kicks off the saity factor in the same way as a large greasy bacon butty would tbh.

Are you vegetarian or vegan? Is there a reason you only eat beans and rice for the meal, without any other foods like a source of animal protein or any veg? Once again it's not a bad food choice, not at all, but your body is clearly telling you it's not getting enough of something.

Take_it_like_a_man,_sonny

Why does my tummy brumble at 6 in the evening. It is because ity needs wobbleade!!

Bealer

valk_scot wrote: »

Do you eat the whole lot in one go?

I'm not saying that mung beans are a bad protein btw. In old fashioned terms though they're not a complete protein like meat protein, they have to be combined with a complementary incomplete protein like the rice. So that's fine for protein once you've digested it all but I don't think it kicks off the saity factor in the same way as a large greasy bacon butty would tbh.

Are you vegetarian or vegan? Is there a reason you only eat beans and rice for the meal, without any other foods like a source of animal protein or any veg? Once again it's not a bad food choice, not at all, but your body is clearly telling you it's not getting enough of something.

Yeah, I eat it all in one go. I reckon its quite a large meal and I do feel very full just after eating it. I try to limit the meat intake for environmental, health and economic reasons. The dish does have beans, half an onion, ginger, garlic and chilli in it though, in addition to the rest of the seasoning, so the veg part should be ok? This seasoning is fried in a pan for a couple of minutes and added to the beans just at the end of cooking:

Seasoning/tempering (tadka):
Tbsp butter
Half a yellow onion
Tbsp crushed garlic
Tbsp grated ginger
Mustard seeds
Cumin seeds
Some red chili
Some green chilli
Pinch of asafoetida
Some garam masala
Turmeric powder

What I find odd is why I get so full after eating a bowl of oats, yet this meal has far more calories. It is absolutely true as you said, the tummy is telling its not getting enough of something.

Hermia

I think you just need to eat something else with it. My Indian relatives always have daal as a starter or a snack. I have never seen my Indian aunties just serve daal for dinner.

Bealer

Hermia wrote: »

I think you just need to eat something else with it. My Indian relatives always have daal as a starter or a snack. I have never seen my Indian aunties just serve daal for dinner.

I agree, I always eat this dal (lentil soup) with either basmati rice or occasionally hot naan or roti and vegetables. In theory it should be very fillling. But why is it not?

Helen2k8

Rice will spike blood sugar levels, as will well-cooked beans/pulses.
You've not got enough fat in there either.

pigpen

I don't find rice filling at all, it is like salad.. one burp and your stomach is screaming for more.. and you may as well have a cup of tea/coffee as a bowl of watery veg/pulses... soup is really watered down puree's. It might not be full of crap and additives but there isn't much to it. This is why soup is served as a starter!

Dippy bread is a necessity and croutons or crackers. and maybe half a chicken.. lol

Mrs_Arcanum

Soup should make you feel fuller for longer as it takes longer to digest. It does need to be thick rather than watery though.

Small pedantry issue. Only babies & children have tummies, adults have stomachs. Makes someone sound about 5 years old.