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A big dhaba thali - how heavy is it really?

A big dhaba thali - how heavy is it really?

A big roadside dhaba thali with dal makhani, paneer butter masala and three butter rotis lands near 1500 kcal, and most of that is butter and cream, not the lentils or paneer. Share the paneer, drop the butter off the rotis, and the same thali falls to about 720 kcal.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
dhaba thali dal-makhani weight-loss

A dhaba thali is a lovely treat. You get dal makhani, paneer butter masala, butter rotis and rice, all in big steel katoris. It tastes great and it is very generous. But that generosity is also why it is heavy. Let us open the thali and see where the calories really sit.

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