Mashed vegetables
1 katori · ~200 g
100
Carbs18 g
Protein4 g
Fat1 g
Fibre6 g
Potato, peas, cauliflower, capsicum. Six grams of fibre. On its own this is a genuinely good bowl of food.
Worth eatingThe verdict
The bhaji is mashed vegetables. Then someone adds three tablespoons of butter.
Component by component
Per 2 pav + 1 katori bhaji. Estimates, not yet verified against IFCT 2017.
Butter, in the bhaji and on the pav
~3 tbsp · ~40 g
290
Carbs0 g
Protein0 g
Fat33 g
Fibre0 g
The visible slab on top is only part of it. More goes in during cooking, and the pav is fried in it.
Where the damage isPav
2 pieces · ~100 g
270
Carbs52 g
Protein8 g
Fat3 g
Fibre2 g
Refined white bread, and the butter it is toasted in is counted above.
Where the damage isThree ways to fix it
Ordered by what you give up.
Option 1 · Ask them to hold the butter slab−150
No butter on top, and one pav rather than two.
The bhaji is already cooked in butter. The slab added at serving is theatre, and it is 100 calories.
Taste cost: Low
Option 2 · Bhaji without the pav−270
A large bowl of bhaji on its own, or with one roti.
You keep the vegetables and the flavour and lose the refined bread. Not everyone will accept this, and that is fair.
Taste cost: Real — the pav is half the dish
Option 3 · Home version−400
One tablespoon of butter total, whole wheat pav, extra vegetables.
Pav bhaji survives this better than most dishes, because the spice mix does the heavy lifting.
Taste cost: Moderate