Non-veg thali (chicken curry)

One serving of Non-veg thali (chicken curry) — 2 roti + rice + chicken curry + dal + salad — comes to 693 kcal, 33.9 g protein, 98.6 g carbs and 18.1 g fat. Scaled to 100 g it works out to 99 kcal and 4.8 g protein, which makes it not a meaningful protein source on its own for a restaurant plate item. That single serving is about 46.2% of a 1,500 kcal day and 34.7% of a 2,000 kcal day, so it can carry real weight in a protein-focused plan without much extra planning.

Walking off Non-veg thali (chicken curry) takes roughly 17,325 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 ₹200 a serving it costs about ₹118 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 non-vegetarian diet. It works at lunch and dinner. It's a genuinely high-protein choice for its calories.

If you want variety without changing the macros much, the closest swaps in the restaurant plate category are Butter naan, Chicken biryani (half plate), Chole chawal (plate), Dal chawal (plate) — each keeps a similar role on the plate while shifting the exact protein-to-carb balance a little.