The aroma of sizzling pav-bhaji from the corner stall has been destroying your resolve to stay off it, right? Don't fight it every time. Indulging once in a while in your favourite street food is alright.

As long as you are sure of the hygiene standards of the eatery and the smart way to lessen the calories.

Check out our ready-to-use advisory. Find out how many calories pav-bhaji carries, where you can cut them and how to enjoy your meal without guilt!

Sizzling hot tips from our experts make a healthy meal of pav-bhaji:

• Avoid eating pavs that have been toasted in butter. Instead, have them heated slightly and save yourself 75 Kcal in the deal.
• If you are having pav-bhaji as a snack, let go of the pavs. You save 131 Kcal and an over-stuffed stomach. Also, pavs are never whole wheat and you have been craving the taste of bhaji anyway.
• Omit the extra butter on the bhaji. Scoop it out with a spoon and keep aside or ask the vendor to skip it.
• For flavour, season your bhaji with lemon juice or a little amchur.
• Ask for an extra helping of the onion salad. The fibre in the salad will keep you satiated.
• Satisfy the craving for spiciness with lots of green chutney mixed with a small quantity of bhaji.
• When cooking bhaji at home drop the potatoes, use other veggies.

Calorie chart prepared in consultation with the Weight Management Programme, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, Delhi.

Courtesy: Prevention