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. 2019 Feb 7;36(3):520–547. doi: 10.1007/s12325-019-0872-8

Table 5.

Diet recall chart

Dietary habit (vegetarian/non-vegetarian/ova-vegetarian)
24-h diet recall-week day
Early morning Milk/coffee/tea/green tea 1 cup (200 ml)
Breakfast Idli/dosa/pongal/millet idli/millet dosa/bread/cereal 2 nos/1 cup
Chutney/sambhar 3 tsps/1 cup
Mid-morning Buttermilk/tea/tender coconut water 1 cup
Lunch Broken wheat/millet/rice/chapatti 2 nos/1 cup
Vegetable (non-starchy) 2 cups
Sambhar/dal/chicken/egg 1/2 cup/1 cup
Curd/buttermilk 1/2 cup/1 cup
Tea Tea/coffee/green tea 1 cup
Snacks Fruits/dry fruits/roasted pulses 1 cup/1/4 cup
Dinner Roti/dosa/mix lentil dosa/dhokla 1 or 2 nos
Vegetable (non-starchy) 2 cups
Sambhar/dal/kadi (yoghurt stew)/egg 1 cup/1 no
Curd/buttermilk/milk 1/2 cup/1 cup
24-h diet recall-week end or special days
Early morning Milk/coffee/tea/green tea 1 cup (200 ml)
Breakfast Paratha/bread 2 nos
Chutney/butter 2 tsps
Mid-morning Buttermilk/tea/tender coconut water 1 cup
Lunch Mixed rice/biryani 1 cup
Vegetable (non-starchy) 2 cups
Sambhar/dal/chicken/egg 1/2 cup/1 cup
Curd/buttermilk 1/2 cup/1 cup
Tea Tea/coffee/green tea 1 cup
Snacks Fruits/dry fruits/roasted pulses 1 cup/1/4 cup
Dinner Roti/dosa/mix lentil dosa/dhokla 1 or 2 nos
Vegetable (non-starchy) 2 cups
Sambhar/dal/kadi (yoghurt stew)/egg 1 cup/1 no
Curd/buttermilk/milk 1/2 cup/1 cup