Besan chilla

One serving of Besan chilla — 1 chilla (30 g besan) — comes to 141 kcal, 6.5 g protein, 14 g carbs and 6.6 g fat. Scaled to 100 g it works out to 201 kcal and 9.3 g protein, which makes it a moderate protein source for a dal & legume item. That single serving is about 9.4% of a 1,500 kcal day and 7.1% of a 2,000 kcal day, so it's more of a filler than a target-hitter on protein without much extra planning.

Walking off Besan chilla takes roughly 3,525 steps, using the rough approximation of 0.04 kcal burned per step (a population-average estimate for a moderate walking pace, not a personalised number). At ₹6 a serving it costs about ₹18.5 for every 20 g of protein it delivers, which is a mid-to-high price for protein compared with dal, eggs or soya chunks. It fits nearly every Indian diet type, including vegetarian, vegan, eggetarian. It works at breakfast and the evening snack slot. It's a genuinely high-protein choice for its calories and one of the cheaper ways to hit a protein target.

If you want variety without changing the macros much, the closest swaps in the dal & legume category are Chana sundal (South Indian chickpea stir-fry), Chole / chana masala, Chana dal, Masoor dal (red lentil) — each keeps a similar role on the plate while shifting the exact protein-to-carb balance a little.