Eating Out – Indian

Here are a few guidelines to steer you in the right direction… 

Ghee (clarified butter) is the fat most often used for cooking Indian foods and is highly concentrated in calories at 898kcal per 100g (ordinary butter has 737)

Helpful Hints

• As a general rule, drier dishes will be lower calorie than those in lots of sauce
• Go for Tikka dishes or Tandoori style meats
• Share portions of boiled rice
• Naan bread is high in fat and calories - a better choice is chapati, which is cooked without fat
• Eat slowly! Portions in Indian restaurants tend to be over-generous, when you start to feel full, don't be afraid to stop eating.

Avoid

• Creamy curries, such as kormas and masalas
• Mushroom dishes - mushrooms soak up fat like sponges
• Ordinary fizzy pop drinks - choose the 'diet' alternative instead