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Kachori sabzi: a heavy way to start your day

Kachori sabzi: a heavy way to start your day

A plate of 2 kachoris with oily aloo sabzi runs about 590 kcal, more than three plates of poha. The deep-fried maida shell and the oil do most of the work, not the potato.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Kachori sabzi is just a normal breakfast, as light as poha.

mostly false

Mostly false. One plate of 2 kachoris with aloo sabzi is about 590 kcal. One plate of poha is about 180 kcal. So the kachori plate is over three times heavier. The deep-fried maida shell and the oil in the sabzi carry most of those calories.

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