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Aloo tikki chaat - shallow-fried but still heavy?

Aloo tikki chaat - shallow-fried but still heavy?

A Delhi-style aloo tikki chaat plate runs close to 750 kcal because the patties are deep-fried and soaked in oil, then loaded with sweet chutney and sev. A tawa-light version at home with brushed oil, green chutney and less sev brings the same plate to about 360 kcal.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Aloo tikki chaat looks innocent. It is just potato, curd and chutney, right? But the roadside version is deep-fried, then drowned in sweet chutney and crispy sev. That is where the calories hide. Let us open the plate and look at each part.

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