Best sweets and desserts for weight loss
Ranked by protein for each 100 kcal, the number that keeps you full and protects muscle on a deficit. Shrikhand comes first; jalebi comes last.
- Shrikhand160 kcal · 8 g protein · 1 katori · 120 g · 5 g per 100 kcal
- Rasmalai252 kcal · 10 g protein · 2 pieces · 3.8 g per 100 kcal
- Rasgulla226 kcal · 7 g protein · 2 pieces · 3.2 g per 100 kcal
- Malai kulfi173 kcal · 5 g protein · 1 kulfi · 2.6 g per 100 kcal
- Milk barfi116 kcal · 3 g protein · 1 piece · 2.6 g per 100 kcal
- Mishti doi120 kcal · 3 g protein · 1 katori · 100 g · 2.5 g per 100 kcal
- Rice kheer227 kcal · 5 g protein · 1 katori · 150 g · 2.4 g per 100 kcal
- Seviyan kheer264 kcal · 6 g protein · 1 katori · 150 g · 2.3 g per 100 kcal
- Kaju katli129 kcal · 3 g protein · 2 pieces · 2.1 g per 100 kcal
- Moong dal halwa408 kcal · 8 g protein · 1 katori · 100 g · 2 g per 100 kcal
- Besan ladoo176 kcal · 3 g protein · 1 ladoo · 1.9 g per 100 kcal
- Gajar ka halwa306 kcal · 5 g protein · 1 katori · 120 g · 1.7 g per 100 kcal
- Gulab jamun340 kcal · 5 g protein · 2 pieces · 1.6 g per 100 kcal
- Motichoor ladoo177 kcal · 3 g protein · 1 ladoo · 1.5 g per 100 kcal
- Sooji halwa339 kcal · 3 g protein · 1 katori · 100 g · 0.9 g per 100 kcal
- Jalebi243 kcal · 2 g protein · 2 pieces · 50 g · 0.6 g per 100 kcal
How to use the list
- Build meals from the top half. The bottom half still fits, in a measured portion.
- Numbers assume home recipes with 5–8 g of oil or ghee a serving. Restaurant versions often carry double.