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Roasted chana (bhuna chana)

146kcal40 g, dry roasted — a handful

Where they sit

Dry-roasted Bengal gram

Driving the caloriesNeutralWorth eating

The verdict

Zero cooking, zero oil, and the most protein-dense snack on this site by a real margin.

Component by component

Per 40 g, dry roasted — a handful. Estimates, not yet verified against IFCT 2017.

Dry-roasted Bengal gram

40 g · ~40 g

146

Carbs23 g

Protein8 g

Fat2 g

Fibre5 g

Roasting removes moisture rather than adding anything, which is why the protein figure per 100 g looks higher than boiled chana — same chickpea, less water. No oil in this at all, which is unusual for an Indian snack.

Computed from compiled from published nutrition sources for roasted Bengal gram / chana dalia (~20.8 g protein, ~364 kcal, ~11.5 g fibre per 100 g) — not yet independently checked against a primary IFCT lookup

Worth eating

Three ways to fix it

Ordered by what you give up.

Option 1 · As is−0

Eat it plain, or with a squeeze of lime and chaat masala if it needs more going on.

There's nothing to fix. This is already the answer to 'what's a snack that isn't a samosa'.

Taste cost: None

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