Condiments & Sides

Calories in Mukhwas, Saunf & Mouth Freshener

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One teaspoon of mukhwas after a meal is 15-20 calories. Harmless. But the restaurant mukhwas bowl is designed for grabbing handfuls. 2-3 handfuls (30g): 100 calories. The sugar-coated varieties (tutti-frutti mukhwas, sugar saunf) push to 120 cal per 30g. It is the ‘free’ thing at the restaurant exit that nobody counts, consumed right after a … Read more

Calories in Tamarind Chutney / Imli — Sweet, Sour & Chaat Style

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Tamarind chutney is the soul of Indian chaat. Two tablespoons: 42 calories. Sounds small until you realise that every plate of pani puri, bhel puri, chaat, and samosa is drowned in it. A typical chaat plate uses 4-6 tablespoons: 84-126 calories from the chutney alone. The sev is blamed. The chutney escapes notice. Tamarind Chutney … Read more

Calories in Soup — Tomato, Sweet Corn, Hot & Sour & Manchow

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A bowl of clear tomato soup is 50 calories. Sweet corn soup: 100. Hot and sour: 80. Manchow soup: 120. Cream of mushroom: 180. Soup ranges from genuinely light to surprisingly heavy depending on the base. Clear broths are diet-friendly. Cream-based and Chinese-restaurant soups are calorie traps disguised as starters. Soup is genuinely one of … Read more

Calories in Sambhar — With Rice, Idli, Dosa & Vada

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Sambhar is the unsung hero of Indian nutrition. At 90 calories per bowl with 5g protein and 3.5g fibre from toor dal and mixed vegetables, it is one of the most nutrient-dense accompaniments in any Indian cuisine. Lighter than dal (150 cal), lighter than rasam rice, and infinitely lighter than the gravies North Indians eat … Read more