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Bake your fried favourites in the oven, not the kadai

Bake your fried favourites in the oven, not the kadai

Deep-frying soaks samosa, aloo tikki and paneer nuggets in oil that adds about 200 extra kcal to a snack plate. The same snacks baked in a hot oven stay crispy and cut that plate to about 565 kcal.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Samosa, aloo tikki and paneer nuggets are tea-time favourites. The crunch is lovely, but the deep kadai soaks them in oil. That oil is where most extra calories hide. The good news is your oven can make them crispy too. Every number below is built from real food database staples, rounded and given as honest ranges.

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