Dal makhani (restaurant, with butter/cream)

One serving of Dal makhani (restaurant, with butter/cream) — 1 katori — comes to 188 kcal, 6 g protein, 14 g carbs and 12 g fat. Scaled to 100 g it works out to 125 kcal and 4 g protein, which makes it not a meaningful protein source on its own for a dal & legume item. That single serving is about 12.5% of a 1,500 kcal day and 9.4% 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 Dal makhani (restaurant, with butter/cream) takes roughly 4,700 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 ₹120 a serving it costs about ₹400 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 a vegetarian or eggetarian or non-vegetarian diet. It works at lunch and dinner.

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