Snacks

Deep-fried pastry with spiced potato filling. High GI from refined flour outer and potato filling, plus deep frying adds calories.

Mixed sprouts salad with onions, tomatoes, and lemon. One of the healthiest Indian snacks — high protein, low GI.

Dry roasted chickpeas, a traditional Indian snack. Very low GI, high fiber, and high protein. Perfect diabetic snack.

Deep-fried fritters made with besan batter and vegetables. High calorie from deep frying, but besan has lower GI than maida.

Mumbai's iconic street food — spiced potato fritter in a bread bun. High GI from potato + maida bun + deep frying.

Steamed fermented gram flour snack from Gujarat. Lower GI than fried snacks due to steaming and besan base. Light and protein-rich.

Deep-fried urad dal doughnut, a South Indian breakfast staple. The urad dal base provides protein, but deep frying adds calories.

Puffed rice tossed with chopped onion, tomato, chutneys and sev. Medium-high GI as puffed rice digests quickly despite the vegetables.

Crisp fried hollow puris filled with spiced tangy water, potato and chickpeas. High GI from the fried refined-flour shells and potato.

Crunchy deep-fried gram-flour vermicelli namkeen. Medium GI from besan but high in fat and calories due to deep frying.

Spiral deep-fried snack of rice and gram flour, also known as murukku. Medium-high GI and calorie-dense from frying.

Soft fried lentil dumplings soaked and served in spiced yogurt. Low-medium GI as protein-rich dal and yogurt temper the response.

Spiced mashed-potato patty shallow or deep fried until crisp. High GI from the potato base and frying.

Thin, crisp roasted Gujarati cracker made from whole-wheat flour. Low-medium GI as it is roasted, not fried, and uses whole wheat.

Deep-fried refined-flour pastry stuffed with spiced lentil or onion filling. High GI and calorie-dense from refined flour and frying.