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Egg curry - a smart protein dinner?

Egg curry - a smart protein dinner?

Egg curry is cheap, filling protein, but the oil in the gravy decides whether one katori is 155 kcal or 280 kcal. Two boiled eggs give you about 156 kcal of solid protein, and the spoonfuls of oil pooled on top are where the extra calories hide.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Eggs are one of the cheapest proteins you can cook. Two boiled eggs cost less than a packet of chips and fill you up for hours. The tricky part is the curry. A dhaba-style egg curry can swim in oil, and that oil - not the eggs - is what turns a light dinner into a heavy one. Let's see where the calories really sit, one katori at a time.

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