Roasted chana (bhuna chana)

One serving of Roasted chana (bhuna chana) — 1 handful (30 g) — comes to 91 kcal, 6.1 g protein, 12.8 g carbs and 1.7 g fat. Scaled to 100 g it works out to 303 kcal and 20.3 g protein, which makes it dense in protein for a nut & seed item. That single serving is about 6.1% of a 1,500 kcal day and 4.6% 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 Roasted chana (bhuna chana) takes roughly 2,275 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 ₹3 a serving it costs about ₹9.8 for every 20 g of protein it delivers, which puts it among the cheaper protein sources in the database. It fits nearly every Indian diet type, including vegetarian, Jain, vegan. It's typically eaten at 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 nut & seed category are Almonds, Cashew nuts, Chia seeds, Coconut chutney — each keeps a similar role on the plate while shifting the exact protein-to-carb balance a little.