Calories in Indian dishes

Calories in 1 plain dosa

What 1 plain dosa 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 plain dosa is about 166 kcal, with 4.7 g of protein, 29 g of carbohydrate, 2 g of fibre and 3.3 g of fat. Everything below is worked out from the ingredients, one by one.

1 plain dosa

Plain dosa: calories from 1 to 4 dosas

166 kcal1 plain dosa
332 kcal2 plain dosas
498 kcal3 plain dosas
663 kcal4 plain dosas

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 plain dosa1664.7293.3
2 plain dosas3329.4576.7
3 plain dosas498148610
4 plain dosas6631911413

Numbers are for home cooking with the oil listed. 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 oil and the portion.

IngredientAmountCalories (kcal)
White rice30 g107
Urad dal10 g32
Groundnut oil3 g27
Total166
  • Oil: the groundnut oil is 27 kcal of the 166. Without the groundnut oil, 1 plain dosa would come to about 139 kcal.
  • Measure it: the oil is the part of this number you decide, so measure it with a spoon rather than pouring.

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, 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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