Misal pav

One serving of Misal pav — 1 plate (misal + 2 pav) — comes to 458 kcal, 14 g protein, 60 g carbs and 18 g fat. Scaled to 100 g it works out to 131 kcal and 4 g protein, which makes it not a meaningful protein source on its own for a street food item. That single serving is about 30.5% of a 1,500 kcal day and 22.9% 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 Misal pav takes roughly 11,450 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 ₹70 a serving it costs about ₹100 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 lunch. It's one of the cheaper ways to hit a protein target.

If you want variety without changing the macros much, the closest swaps in the street food category are Bread pakora (aloo), Chole bhature, Dabeli, Idli sambar plate (street/darshini) — each keeps a similar role on the plate while shifting the exact protein-to-carb balance a little.