I am Dr. Shamoon. What you are calling a "burnt throat" - a raw, scalded, burning feeling that started the evening after bread pakora and eggs, in someone who usually eats plain low-oil vegetarian food - is almost certainly acid reflux irritating the food pipe and the back of the throat, not an infection or an actual burn. A heavy deep-fried meal eaten in the evening is the classic trigger: fried food delays stomach emptying and relaxes the valve at the top of the stomach, so acid washes up while you lie down at night. That is why the burning is felt high up, why there is no fever or difficulty swallowing solids, and why it has continued for three days even though you stopped the fried food - once the lining is inflamed, it stays sore for several days regardless of what you eat. Your home remedy of plain rice and water is sound in spirit but it is failing you for two reasons: you have gone back to eggs, chana and tea this morning, and tea especially is a strong acid trigger on an empty or already-inflamed stomach; and rice alone is not enough to keep the stomach from staying empty for long stretches, which itself worsens acidity. The oil brand is not the issue - sunflower refined oil is fine; the problem is the deep-frying and the timing, not the label. Two other possibilities I would keep at the back of my mind if it does not settle: a viral pharyngitis (but you would usually have fever, body ache or a runny nose), and much less likely at 22, a fungal or pill-induced oesophagitis - relevant only if you had been taking capsules like doxycycline with little water.
Next Steps
1) For the next 5-7 days stop tea, coffee, chana, eggs, all deep-fried food, chilli, pickle, tomato, citrus, cold drinks and anything carbonated. These are the exact items keeping the burn alive. 2) Do not fast between meals - an empty stomach makes acid worse. Eat small amounts every 3 hours: soft khichdi, curd rice, dalia, banana, boiled vegetables, plain roti with a little ghee, coconut water. Cold milk or plain curd once or twice a day usually soothes the burn quickly. 3) Take your last meal at least 3 hours before lying down, and raise the head end of your bed by about 6 inches (a block under the legs, not extra pillows). 4) A short course of an over-the-counter antacid gel after meals and at bedtime is reasonable for 3-4 days. If it is still burning after that, see a doctor to start a proper proton pump inhibitor such as pantoprazole or rabeprazole 20-40 mg once daily, 30 minutes before breakfast, for 2-4 weeks - that needs a prescription and a quick look at your throat, so please do not self-start it long term. 5) Have a doctor examine your throat with a torch this week if there is any white coating, tonsillar swelling or fever - that changes the diagnosis. 6) Avoid smoking, alcohol and painkillers such as ibuprofen or aspirin entirely for now; they strip the protective lining. 7) Sip water frequently through the day rather than gulping large amounts at once. If the burning persists beyond a week despite all this, or keeps recurring after fried meals, come and let me examine you properly - you can book a consult with me here on Practo, or meet me at Synergy Multispeciality Hospital, Miraj.
Health Tips
Get examined promptly if you develop difficulty or pain on swallowing solids, food sticking in the chest, vomiting of blood or coffee-coloured material, black stools, high fever, drooling or a change in your voice or breathing. Do not keep taking antacids for weeks on end to mask this - if it needs more than a week of treatment, it needs a diagnosis.