Aloo tikki is a pan-fried or shallow-fried potato patty. At 150 calories per piece, it sits in the middle of the snack calorie spectrum. Lighter than samosa (250 cal), heavier than bhel puri (200 cal for a full plate). The real calorie escalation happens when tikki becomes tikki chaat or tikki burger. Aloo Tikki is … Read more
A kachori looks like a samosa’s rounder, more generous cousin. And it is. One medium kachori is 280 calories. A raj kachori (the large, hollow one filled with curd and chutneys) can be 400+. If samosa is the everyday offender, kachori is the weekend calorie bomb. Kachori is one of those foods that’s perfectly fine … Read more
Among all the chaats, bhel puri is the lightest option. At 200 calories per plate, it is lower than pani puri (250-320 for a full session), sev puri (300-380), and dramatically less than samosa chaat (400-500). If you are at a chaat stall and watching calories, bhel is your friend. This is the complete calorie … Read more
One pani puri is 40 calories. Sounds like nothing. A standard serving is 6 to 8 pieces, which is 240 to 320 calories. Add the sweet chutney, the aloo filling, and the second round you always order, and you are looking at 400 to 500 calories for what feels like a ‘light’ street snack. Pani … Read more
One pakora is 50 calories. That sounds harmless. Nobody eats one pakora. You eat 6 to 10 while they are hot, dipped in chutney, and suddenly you have consumed 300 to 500 calories as a ‘light snack’ with chai on a rainy evening. The per-piece number is small. The per-plate number is not. Pakora is … Read more
One samosa is 250 calories. Two samosas with chai is 580+ calories. That is a full meal’s worth of calories consumed as a 4 PM snack, standing at a tea stall, in about three minutes. Everyone knows samosa is fried. Nobody knows the actual number. Now you do. Samosa is one of those foods that’s … Read more
Sabudana khichdi is the default fasting food across Maharashtra, Gujarat, and North India. It feels light and virtuous because it’s eaten on ‘upvas’ days. It is actually 250 calories per plate, higher than most regular breakfasts. Fasting food is not automatically low-calorie food. Sabudana Khichdi is one of those foods that’s perfectly fine occasionally but … Read more
One vada pav is 290 to 320 calories. That is roughly 4 rotis worth of calories in something you eat standing at a street stall in two minutes. Mumbai runs on vada pav. But if you eat it daily, those 300 calories add up fast. Here is the honest breakdown. Vada Pav is one of … Read more