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I love achar and papad with my thali - are they secretly adding up?

I love achar and papad with my thali - are they secretly adding up?

Achar and papad don't feel like 'food' - they feel like garnish. But a fried papad and a spoon of oil-packed pickle together run about 125 kcal, and the oil is doing almost all of the work. Roasting the papad and picking a lighter pickle barely changes how the meal feels.

10 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy

Nobody sits down and 'has' papad and achar the way they have dal or rice - they're just there, on the side of every thali. But a fried papad and a spoonful of pickle both carry real calories, almost entirely from oil, and it's easy to have two or three helpings without ever noticing. Every figure here comes from a real nutrition source, rounded and given as honest ranges.

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