Sweet

Gulab jamun

382kcal2 pieces with syrup

Where they sit

Khoya and flour dough, fried
Sugar syrup absorbed
Driving the caloriesNeutralWorth eating

The verdict

Fried milk solids soaked in sugar syrup. There is no lighter version. Eat it deliberately.

Component by component

Per 2 pieces with syrup. Estimates.

Khoya and flour dough, fried
2 pieces · ~59 g
254
Carbs14 g
Protein7 g
Fat19 g
Fibre0 g

IFCT puts khoa at 20.6% fat before it goes anywhere near a fryer.

Computed from IFCT L004 khoa 38 g + A018 wheat flour refined 10 g + absorbed oil 11 g

Where the damage is
Sugar syrup absorbed
· ~32 g
128
Carbs32 g
Protein0 g
Fat0 g
Fibre0 g

The soak is the point of the dish. It is also thirty-two grams of sugar.

Computed from sucrose 32 g absorbed, estimated

Where the damage is

Three ways to fix it

Ordered by what you give up.

Option 1 · One, after a meal, occasionally190

One piece, not two. Squeeze the syrup out. After protein, never on an empty stomach.

Some foods should not be optimised. They should be eaten rarely, properly, and without guilt.

Taste cost: None

Option 2 · Change the occasion382

Festivals and celebrations, not a weekly habit.

Frequency is the only lever that matters here.

Taste cost: None to the dish

Option 3 · Replace the craving300

Dates, a square of dark chocolate, or curd with fruit.

Worth trying, but do not pretend a date satisfies the same want. Sometimes it does. Often it does not, and you eat both.

Taste cost: High — it is not gulab jamun

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