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Cream and malai in gravy - the silent 100 kcal add

Cream and malai in gravy - the silent 100 kcal add

A swirl of cream or malai on top of your curry looks tiny, but it quietly adds about 100 kcal and 11 g of fat to a bowl that is already rich. Swapping that swirl for milk whisked into the gravy cuts most of that silent add without losing the creamy feel.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
cream malai gravy lighter-cooking

A swirl of cream or malai on top of a curry looks so small. But that little flourish is one of the sneakiest calorie adds in Indian cooking. It sits on a gravy that is already rich with butter, oil, and paneer. See what one swirl really adds, and how to keep the creamy feel for far fewer calories.

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