Not all chaat is created equal. A plate of bhel puri is 200 calories. A plate of samosa chaat is 500. Knowing which chaat is light and which is heavy lets you enjoy the chaat stall without destroying your calorie budget. Here is every popular chaat ranked from lightest to heaviest. Chaat is one of … Read more
Bread pakora is a slice of bread stuffed with potato, dipped in besan batter, and deep fried. It combines three calorie sources: bread (70 cal), potato (40 cal), and frying oil (90 cal). One piece is 200 calories. Two with chai is 480+. A popular breakfast in North India that costs more than most people … Read more
Chole tikki is North India’s beloved chaat plate: 2 aloo tikkis topped with chole, curd, chutneys, and sev. At 380 calories per plate, it is actually one of the more balanced chaat options because the chole adds protein and fibre that other chaats lack. Chole Tikki is one of those foods that’s perfectly fine occasionally … Read more
Jalebi is deep-fried maida batter soaked in sugar syrup. It is basically everything a dietitian would tell you to avoid, compressed into a beautiful golden spiral. One jalebi is 150 calories. A plate of 3-4 jalebis is 450-600 calories. Here is the number so you can make an informed choice instead of a guilty one. … Read more
One steamed momo is 35 calories. Sounds incredibly light. Then you eat 8 of them (280 cal), dip them in spicy mayo (100 cal), and the ‘healthy steamed snack’ becomes a 380-calorie affair. Fried momos? Each one is 60-70 cal. 8 fried momos = 480-560 cal. The cooking method changes everything. This is the complete … Read more
Dabeli is a Gujarati street snack: spiced potato filling in a pav bun with pomegranate, peanuts, and sev. At 260 calories, it is slightly lighter than vada pav (300 cal) because the filling is not deep-fried. Still a calorie-dense street snack, but the best one in its category. Dabeli is one of those foods that’s … Read more
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