Indian food - No clue on calories

acmorris77
acmorris77 Posts: 80 Member
edited November 19 in Food and Nutrition
I have no idea how many calories are in Indian food. I only had the mixed vegetables and chicken kabobs, but I'm not sure what they're cooked in? Anyone know?

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  • ManiacalLaugh
    ManiacalLaugh Posts: 1,048 Member
    I just asked a similar question the other day. As it turns out, Indian food is made with a lot of butter, cream, and yogurt. Not a bad combination of ingredients, but it does mean there are a ton of hidden calories. One round of naan has over 300. :'(

    Here are the responses I received:
    community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10178660/indian-food

    I'm sure you'll get some others too, but this might give you a starting point. One word of advice: stay away from the buffet.
  • acmorris77
    acmorris77 Posts: 80 Member
    Thank you!
  • discretekim
    discretekim Posts: 314 Member
    I have a lot of small restaurants in my area and it is really a crapshoot on calories. I try to find a decently representative entry and go with it. But some of them are poor no way 3 oz of pork only has 9 g of protein. Etc.
  • bonjourjackie
    bonjourjackie Posts: 27 Member
    Indian food is pretty tricky, but stick to the tandoori chicken and stuff like that. All the curries have a lot of heavy stuff like cheese and butter, so avoid it. I usually get the roasted eggplant if I'm feeling like Indian food.
  • angelexperiment
    angelexperiment Posts: 1,917 Member
    If you can remember the name of the dish like tikki marsala or palaak paneer you can put it in and find it in the data base. I did just the other day and it was not bad at all. :p
  • _emma_78
    _emma_78 Posts: 64 Member
    Every indian dish I've ever ordered was delicious, therefore calories don't matter ;)
  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
    At least 1000 per curry
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    "a lot"
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    I'd go with "all of them". But deliciousness.... Parathas are deadly!
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
    There are simple things you can chose though - have boiled rice and have a main that has a tomato based sauce. Go for prawn or vegetables instead of beef or pork. In the uk we eat Balti - a prawn Balti and boiled rice is about 800 calories.
  • gahnames
    gahnames Posts: 1 Member
    Cooking your own Indian food is pretty easy, it's one of my favorite cuisines to cook. You can easily reduce the amount of dairy fat by using low fat greek yogurt (wouldn't advise non-fat, not enough body) rather than the more typical full fat, and by gently simmering veggies before frying them (takes less oil/butter to get them soft but crisp/buttery that way) AND adding more veggies and using stocks to increase liquid without sacrificing flavor. Marinating lean cuts of meat before cooking also helps increase flavor/decrease fat.
  • acmorris77
    acmorris77 Posts: 80 Member
    Thanks! I fell in love with the kebabs and veggies. I do like the chick pea salad too!
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