One medium pear is 100 calories. That is slightly more than an apple (95 cal) for a similar-sized fruit. But pear has 30% more fibre than apple (3.1g vs 2.4g per 100g). More fibre means more satiety per calorie. The pear fills you up more than the apple does, which makes it a better snack … Read more
Jackfruit is two completely different foods depending on ripeness. Raw kathal sabzi: 95 cal/100g, used as a meat substitute. Ripe jackfruit: 95 cal/100g, intensely sweet. Jackfruit chips: 550 cal/100g, basically fried sugar. The same fruit at three calorie levels depending on what you do with it. This is the complete calorie breakdown for jackfruit. Every … Read more
One litchi is 7 calories. Ten litchis: 66 calories. The problem with litchi is not calories per piece. It is that nobody eats 10. Most people eat 20-30 in a sitting because they are addictively sweet and easy to peel. 30 litchis: 200 calories. That is a full meal’s worth of sugar consumed as a … Read more
One strawberry is 4 calories. Eight strawberries: 32 calories. An entire 100g punnet: 32 calories. That is less than a single biscuit (20 cal for Parle-G). Strawberry is the lowest-calorie fruit commonly available in India. The problem: strawberry-flavoured things (shake, ice cream, jam) are 5-10x the calories of actual strawberries. Strawberry is genuinely one of … Read more
One kiwi is 42 calories. That is less than half a banana (90 cal) in a fruit that packs more vitamin C than an orange (47 cal). Kiwi is the most nutrient-dense fruit per calorie you can buy in India. The only thing stopping most Indians from eating it regularly: the ₹20-30 per piece price … Read more
The classic Indian meal: roti and sabzi. Two rotis with a bowl of sabzi ranges from 270 calories (roti + palak) to 570 calories (roti + dum aloo with ghee). Same meal format, 300-calorie gap. This is the complete guide to every roti-sabzi combination and exactly what each one costs your calorie budget. This is … Read more
Potato is India’s most consumed vegetable. And at 97 calories per 100g, it is also one of the most calorie-dense vegetables. A bowl of jeera aloo: 180 cal. Dum aloo in restaurant gravy: 350 cal. Aloo fry: 280 cal. The potato itself is moderate. What you do to it determines whether it is a diet … Read more
Capsicum is 20 calories per 100g raw. That makes shimla mirch sabzi one of the lightest things you can put on an Indian plate. At 100 calories per bowl, it costs less than a single roti (72 cal) in calorie terms. Crunchy, colourful, and genuinely low-calorie. The only vegetable where you can eat a large … Read more
Aloo matar is the quintessential weeknight sabzi. Potato and peas in a tomato-onion gravy. At 190 calories per bowl, it sits between the lighter sabzis like palak (120 cal) and heavier ones like matar paneer (250 cal). Not a weight loss star, but not a diet breaker either. The portion and the oil decide everything. … Read more
Matar paneer is one of the most popular North Indian curries. At 250 calories per bowl at home, it is moderate. At a restaurant: 350-400 calories because of extra cream, butter, and oil. The difference between home and restaurant matar paneer is not taste. It is 100-150 invisible calories of fat. This is the complete … Read more