Four deep-fried mathris with your evening chai add up to about 330 kcal, mostly from the oil they soak up and the ghee in the dough. Bake them and use less ghee, and the same four pieces drop to about 105 kcal.
12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Mathri is the flaky, salty crunch that turns up at every festival tea-time. The problem is not the flour - it is the deep kadai of oil and the generous ghee rubbed into the dough. See where the calories hide, and you can keep the crunch without the oil bath.
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