Cheap protein in an Indian diet: best sources per rupee and calorie

When you eat less to lose weight, two things fight you. You feel hungry, and your body may burn muscle instead of fat. Protein fixes both. It fills you up more than carbs or fat, so you eat less without feeling miserable. And it tells your body to keep your muscle, which keeps your BMR (the calories you burn just staying alive) from falling. The good news for an Indian kitchen: the best protein for a deficit is also some of the cheapest food you can buy. Soya chunks, eggs, chana, rajma, dahi. This article shows the honest protein and calorie numbers for each, so you can pick what gives you the most protein for each rupee and each calorie.