One piece of kaju barfi is 170 calories. One piece of milk barfi is 130. That little diamond-shaped sweet sitting on a silver leaf packs the calorie equivalent of 2 rotis. Festival boxes with 20 barfis contain 2,600 to 3,400 calories. If someone gifts you a barfi box, that box is a calorie grenade with … Read more
One ladoo is 150 to 200 calories depending on the type. That is 2 to 3 rotis worth of calories in a single sweet ball. Besan ladoo, motichoor ladoo, boondi ladoo, rava ladoo. They all have ghee or oil as the binding fat, sugar or jaggery for sweetness, and flour or gram flour as the … Read more
Rasgulla is the lighter cousin of gulab jamun. At 125 calories per piece, it is about 25 calories lighter because it is not deep-fried. The chenna (paneer) ball is boiled in sugar syrup, not fried in oil first. If you must eat a syrupy Indian sweet, rasgulla is the less damaging choice. Rasgulla is one … Read more
One gulab jamun is 150 calories. Two is 300. The tin of Haldiram’s you open during Diwali has 12 pieces: that is 1,800 calories sitting innocently on your dining table. Gulab jamun is deep-fried khoya soaked in sugar syrup. It is literally everything a nutritionist would warn you about, shaped into a perfect brown sphere … Read more
Sattu is roasted gram flour, and it might be India’s original protein shake. 2 tablespoons in water gives you 8g protein for 100 calories. It has been the working-class protein source of Bihar, UP, and Jharkhand for centuries. Cheaper than whey, more natural, and surprisingly effective. At ₹5-10 per glass, it is the most affordable … Read more
One glass of sugarcane juice is 180 calories. That is 45 grams of sugar in liquid form. More sugar than a can of Coke (35g). Sugarcane juice is natural, unprocessed, and refreshing in Indian summers. It is also pure sugar water with a fancy origin story. Here are the numbers. Sugarcane Juice is one of … Read more
One bottle of beer is 150 calories. A pint at a pub is 200-220. A strong beer (7-8% ABV) is 200-230 per bottle. Now add the samosa, pakora, chicken tikka, and peanuts you eat while drinking. A 3-beer evening with bar snacks can easily cross 1,500 calories. That is an entire day’s calorie budget consumed … Read more
A standard milkshake is 250 to 350 calories. Add ice cream and it crosses 400. A large café milkshake with whipped cream can hit 600. Milkshakes are liquid desserts that people drink as beverages. That classification mismatch is why they wreck diets without anyone noticing. Most people eat milkshake without thinking about the calorie count. … Read more
One scoop of whey protein with water is 120 to 140 calories with 24g protein. That is the best protein-per-calorie ratio of any food or drink, beating even chicken breast (165 cal, 31g protein per 100g) and eggs (136 cal, 12g per 2). But add milk, banana, peanut butter, and honey, and your ‘protein shake‘ … Read more
One can of Coke or Pepsi is 140 calories. All 140 calories come from 35 grams of sugar. That is 7 teaspoons of sugar dissolved in carbonated water. No protein, no fibre, no vitamins, no minerals, no nutritional value of any kind. It is the purest example of empty calories in the human diet. Most … Read more