![]() ![]() Traditional Italian and thin-crust pizzas are much lower in fat and calories. You don’t need a starter or side, but if you can’t resist, potato wedges are usually the best option – just don’t add dip. It’s the variety of base and what you put on it that makes the difference in calories. Pepperoni is our top topping, followed by a classic margherita. Naan bread adds huge amounts of calories – 500 calories for plain and 750 calories for peshwari. Masala and korma dishes, for example, are made with cream and ground almonds, while pasanda dishes are cooked with cream. Curries cooked in creamy sauces are the highest in calories. Sauces are usually made with stacks of oil or ghee (clarified butter), so spoon the meat and veg on to your plate but leave out the sauce. ![]() A typical serving of bhajis contains 430 calories. Bhajis and samosas are deep-fried, so high in calories. Biryani is a great choice as it includes rice as part of the dish, so you don’t need to order an extra portion on the side. The spicier the curry, the better – a small portion will satisfy your taste buds and you’ll eat more slowly, giving your body the 20 minutes it needs to send a message to your brain to say you’re full. Tandoori has around 370 calories per serving. Dry dishes, such as tandoori, tikka or bhuna, are usually much lower in calories than those with sauce. Veggie curries – cauliflower, chick peas, lentil (dhal), aubergine or spinach – are good for boosting filling fibre. Partner them with boiled rice instead of oil-containing pilau, which has around 100 more calories per carton. Chicken and prawn curries are usually lower in calories than beef or lamb. Serve with raita (cucumber dip) and tomato sambal (chopped tomato and onion) rather than higher-sugar mango chutney. Poppadoms are deep fried, but if you can stick to just one, that’s only 115 calories. Sweet and sour battered pork = 960 caloriesĬhicken and sweetcorn soup = 170 caloriesĪround a quarter of us put an Indian at the top of our takeaway list.Ĭhicken tikka masala and chicken jalfrezi are most loved. Each filled pancake has 120 calories.Ĥ pieces sesame prawn toast = 610 calories Duck is normally served with its fatty skin and is often deep-fried (crispy aromatic duck, for example). Anything named “special” – fried rice, chow mein, chop suey – usually has lots of extra ingredients like meat, prawns and eggs, so more calories. Fried rice – egg, vegetable, chicken or special – means oil is added, so stick to boiled or jasmine. Prawn crackers might be free with your order, but they’ll cost your waistline – each bag has 570 calories. Wontons, pancake rolls, spring rolls, crispy seaweed, sesame prawn toast and battered prawns are all deep-fried, so best avoided. A portion of barbecue spare ribs has a huge 870 calories. Anything described as “sticky” or “sweet” means it contains lots of sugar. ![]() “Crispy”, “battered”, “deep-fried” and “stir-fried” all mean it’s been cooked in lots of oil. Use chopsticks to slow you down – that way your body will have more time to recognise when you’re full. Studies show the more food we’re faced with, the more we eat. Noodle-based chow mein is good for controlling portions – it’s just one carton of food. A serving of beef with green peppers and black bean sauce has 410 calories, while Szechuan prawns with vegetables contains 300. Choose main dishes made with beef, chicken or prawns (that aren’t battered or fried). ![]()
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