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Air-fryer basics: lighter samosa, pakora and tikki at home

Air-fryer basics: lighter samosa, pakora and tikki at home

An air fryer blows hot air around your food instead of drowning it in oil, so the same samosa or pakora comes out with roughly half the oil. The flour and potato still carry calories, but a deep-fried evening plate of about 810 kcal drops to about 580 kcal when you air-fry the same snacks at home.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Deep frying means drowning your snack in a kadai full of hot oil. The snack drinks up that oil, and oil is the most calorie-dense thing in your kitchen. An air fryer does something cleverer. It blows very hot air around the food, so it turns crisp with just a light brush of oil. This article shows what an air fryer does well, what it does badly, and how much oil it really saves on the snacks you already love.

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