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Non-stick pans - how much oil do they really save?

Non-stick pans - how much oil do they really save?

A normal home sabzi cooked in a steel kadai soaks up about 3 tablespoons of oil, which is roughly 370 kcal just for the cooking oil. The same sabzi in a non-stick pan needs only about 1 teaspoon, so you save close to 330 kcal per dish, but the pan needs gentle care to last.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
non-stick cooking-oil sabzi kitchen-tips

Non-stick pans are not magic. They just let the food slide, so you can cook with much less oil. The oil you pour into the pan is the part you can control. The vegetable itself, the potato, the paneer, keeps its own calories either way. So the honest saving is only on the cooking oil, not the whole dish. Let's see how much that really is.

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