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Can you make paneer bhurji lighter and still feel full?

Can you make paneer bhurji lighter and still feel full?

A usual plate of paneer bhurji hides about 560 kcal, and over a third of that is cooking oil, not the paneer. Cut the oil to one teaspoon and the same high-protein plate drops near 400 kcal, and it still fills you till lunch.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
paneer breakfast high-protein bhurji

Paneer bhurji feels like a treat breakfast. Crumbly paneer, soft onion-tomato masala, a hot roti on the side. The paneer is full of protein and fills you up. The trouble is the oil. Most cooks pour a generous hand of it, and that is where the calories quietly grow. See the oil and you can keep the dish you love, lighter.

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