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Pav bhaji with less butter — still tasty, far less fat

Pav bhaji with less butter — still tasty, far less fat

A plate of pav bhaji is about 400 kcal, and almost a quarter of that is just the butter. Cut the butter to a light smear, add more cauliflower and capsicum, and dry-toast the pav — the same plate drops to roughly 300 kcal and keeps the taste.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Pav bhaji is the star of Mumbai street food. Soft pav, spicy mashed veggies, and a slab of melting butter on top. The taste is lovely. But that butter slab is where the calories hide. Let's see where they really come from.

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