Pickle (achar, oil-based)

One serving of Pickle (achar, oil-based) — 1 tsp (10 g) — comes to 27 kcal, 0.2 g protein, 1 g carbs and 2.5 g fat. Scaled to 100 g it works out to 270 kcal and 2 g protein, which makes it not a meaningful protein source on its own for a vegetable item. That single serving is about 1.8% of a 1,500 kcal day and 1.4% 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 Pickle (achar, oil-based) takes roughly 675 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 ₹2 a serving it costs about ₹200 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 lunch and dinner. It's a packaged/processed item, worth checking the label against this estimate.

If you want variety without changing the macros much, the closest swaps in the vegetable category are Aloo gobi, Aloo matar, Aloo methi, Baingan bharta — each keeps a similar role on the plate while shifting the exact protein-to-carb balance a little.