Calories in Indian dishes

Calories in 1 idli

What 1 idli 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 idli is about 62 kcal, with 2.3 g of protein, 12 g of carbohydrate, 1.1 g of fibre and 0.2 g of fat. Everything below is worked out from the ingredients, one by one.

1 idli

Idli: calories from 1 to 4 idlis

62 kcal1 idli
124 kcal2 idlis
187 kcal3 idlis
249 kcal4 idlis

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)
1 idli622.3120.2
2 idlis1244.7250.3
3 idlis1877370.5
4 idlis2499.3500.7

How they were worked out is at the end of the page.

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What goes into it

This is a standard home recipe, not one of the diet chart dishes: these are the weights the numbers come from. Your cook's version will differ, so check the portion.

IngredientAmountCalories (kcal)
White rice12 g43
Urad dal6 g19
Total62

Each ingredient links to its own page, and the thali calorie calculator has this dish, so you can add it to the rest of your plate.

How this was worked out

The page adds up the IFCT values for every ingredient at the weight of a standard home recipe. The weights are raw, as the tables measure them. 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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