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I love vada pav and pav bhaji - how do I lighten them without giving up Mumbai street food?

I love vada pav and pav bhaji - how do I lighten them without giving up Mumbai street food?

You don't have to skip vada pav or pav bhaji. A regular vada pav is about 300 kcal and a standard pav bhaji plate about 400 kcal - and almost all of the extra calories on a bad day come from how much oil the vada sat in, how much butter went into the bhaji and the pav, and how many pieces you had.

10 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy

Vada pav and pav bhaji aren't the problem - the oil tray and the butter knife are. A fried potato fritter in a bun, and mashed vegetables with buttered bread, both have honest, countable calorie numbers. See where those numbers actually come from, and you can keep eating both without treating every stall visit as a splurge. Every figure here comes from a real nutrition source, rounded and given as honest ranges.

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