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Two gulab jamun - the after-dinner reality

Two gulab jamun - the after-dinner reality

Two gulab jamun after dinner add about 300 kcal, and most of that is sugar syrup and the fried khoya ball. Eat one piece slowly, warm it, and the sweet stops running your whole day.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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The wedding thali is done. Aunty walks in with a bowl of gulab jamun, warm and floating in syrup. You take two. It feels small. But two pieces quietly add about 300 kcal to your day. Let us see where those calories really come from, and how one piece, eaten slowly, can be the trick.

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