Calories in Indian dishes

Calories in 1 katori bhindi sabzi

What 1 katori bhindi sabzi comes to in calories, protein and carbohydrate, worked out from its ingredients.

Numbers worked out by Poshan Labs from IFCT 2017 (ICMR-NIN). Last updated 26 October 2026.

One katori bhindi sabzi is about 81 kcal, with 2.4 g of protein, 5.5 g of carbohydrate, 4.6 g of fibre and 5.3 g of fat. Everything below is worked out from the ingredients, one by one.

There is a Jain version further down.

1 katori bhindi

Bhindi sabzi: calories from ½ to 2 katoris

41 kcal½ katori bhindi sabzi
81 kcal1 katori bhindi sabzi
122 kcal1½ katoris bhindi sabzi
163 kcal2 katoris bhindi sabzi

Each row is the whole dish at that amount, so you can read off what you ate.

AmountCalories (kcal)Protein (g)Carbs (g)Fat (g)
½ katori bhindi sabzi411.22.82.6
1 katori bhindi sabzi812.45.55.3
1½ katoris bhindi sabzi1223.68.37.9
2 katoris bhindi sabzi1634.81111

Numbers are for home cooking with the oil listed. How they were worked out is at the end of the page.

What goes into it

This is how 1 katori bhindi sabzi is built in the sample diet charts. Each ingredient links to its own page.

IngredientAmountCalories (kcal)
Bhindi (okra)100 g27
Onion (Pyaz)20 g10
Groundnut oil5 g44
Total81
  • Oil: the groundnut oil is 44 kcal of the 81. Without the groundnut oil, 1 katori bhindi sabzi would come to about 37 kcal.
  • Measure it: the oil is the part of this number you decide, so measure it with a spoon rather than pouring.

The Jain version

One katori bhindi sabzi (Jain) is about 75 kcal, with 2.2 g of protein, 4 g of carbohydrate, 4.3 g of fibre and 5.3 g of fat.

The Jain diet charts use a version that:

  • leaves out the onion (pyaz)
  • adds tomato
IngredientAmountCalories (kcal)
Bhindi (okra)100 g27
Tomato15 g3
Groundnut oil5 g44
Total75

The Jain diet chart page has every Jain sample day.

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Which diet charts use it

Some of the sample diet charts that use it, with the portion that fits a 1,500 calorie day. Change the calories on a plan page and the portion changes with it.

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Counting by the katori? These are the nearest dishes of the same kind, each with its own page.

How this was worked out

The page adds up the IFCT values for every ingredient at the weight used in the sample diet charts. The weights are raw, as the tables measure them, and the oil is the oil in the recipe. Katori means a standard 150 ml bowl. Your cooking will differ a little, so treat the number as a good starting point and check it against how you feel and what the scale says.

Calories and nutrients are calculated from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR).

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