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Sugar hidden in cooking - which dishes have a sweet side?

Sugar hidden in cooking - which dishes have a sweet side?

A lot of Indian daals and snacks carry a hidden spoon of sugar - roughly 20 to 50 extra kcal a day you barely taste. Cut that spoon in half and you quietly save about 1 kg of body fat over a year.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Indian cooking loves a sweet-sour balance. A small spoon of sugar goes into the daal, the dhokla, the kadhi. It makes the dish sing. But those tiny spoons add up over the day. Here is how much sugar really hides in your cooking, and where to trim it without losing the taste.

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