HIGH-CALORIE Indian Foods

High-calorie low-fat PLANT foods:

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  Pea – Kachori (two) – 380 cal

• Bajji or pakora (eight) – 280 cal
• Upma (250 mL) – 270 cal
• Khichidi (250 mL) – 200 cal (Khichidi recipes and pictures)
• Masala dosa (one) – 200 cal (Masala Dosa recipes and pictures)
• Samosa (one) – 200 cal
• Dahi vada (two) – 180 cal
• Rice, cooked (250 mL) – 170 cal
• Bread (2 slices) – 170 cal
• Paratha (one) – 150 cal
• Idli (two) – 150 cal (Idli recipes with pictures)
• Dosa (one) – 125 cal (Dosa recipes with pictures)
• Sambar (250 mL) – 110 cal (Sambar recipes and pictures)
• Puri (one) – 100 cal (Puri recipes and pictures)
• Plain dal (125 g) – 100 cal

High-calorie (but not exactly low-fat) ANIMAL foods:

• Mutton curry (187.5 mL) – 260 cal (Goat meat has less fat and cholesterol than other meats)
• Chicken curry (187.5 mL) – 240 cal (Chicken curry recipes with pictures)
• Fried fish ( 2 big pieces) – 220 cal
• Prawn curry (187.5 mL) – 220 cal (Prawn curry recipes with pictures)
• Egg omelette/ fried egg (one) – 160 cal
• Boiled egg (one) – 90 cal

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Prepared high-calorie Indian foods:

• Coconut Ketchup (chutney), 100g – 230 calories, from this 200 fat calories. Contains fats and proteins. NOTE: Coconut chutney is high in saturated fats. (Coconut chutney recipes and pictures)
• Fish Curry (cooked), 100g – 208 calories, from this 121 fat calories. Contains proteins and fats. (Fish curry recipes and pictures)
• South Indian Poached Chicken, cooked, 100g – 172 calories, from this 83 fat calories. Contains proteins and fats.
• South Indian Bread (Dosa) ( one )- 100 calories w/out oil. Contains mainly carbohydrates. NOTE: Bread prepared on ghee may be high in saturated fats
• Rice cakes (Idli), (two), 100 calories w/out oil. Contains mainly carbohydrates.

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High Calorie, Low Fat Foods That Can Be Good for Health

• Bread, not prepared with ghee
• Other foods from wheat and other cereals without added fat
• Cooked rice
• Potato (aloo) curry and potatoes in other forms, but not fried

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High Calorie Foods That May Be Harmful for Health

• Ghee – clarified Indian butter (high in saturated fats, may cause atherosclerosis)
• 1 cup buffalo’s milk with 2 teaspoons sugar – 320 cal (high in saturated fats, cholesterol, sugar and salt)
• 1 cup cow’s milk with 2 teaspoons sugar – 180 cal (like buffalo milk)
• Fried potatoes – high in fats, may cause constipation
• Dried dates, raisins and other dried fruits (high in sugar)
• Coconut / groundnut / til chutney (2 tablespoons) – 120 cal (high in saturated fats)

Written by Dr John This article was last updated on July 20th, 2011, in Nutrition and Diet