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
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