Calories and protein in a katori of aloo gobi, with and without oil
Also called potato and cauliflower sabzi.
The short answer
1 katori, about 110 g, normal oil
100 kcal
2.5 g protein
Fat 5 g · carbs 13 g · fibre 3 g · Vegan
Portion: a dry sabzi, loosely packed into a 150 ml katori. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
Dry sabzis soak up the oil in the pan, so the oil level moves aloo gobi more than any vegetable in it.
With and without oil
The same 1 katori, changing only the oil the vegetables are cooked in. Normal is about 4.5 g in this portion. A little halves the recipe’s fat and a lot doubles it, so in a portion of the same weight a lot comes out a little under double. These are the four levels the app asks about, with the same numbers.
| Oil | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 65 kcal | 2.5 g |
| A little | 2.5 g | 85 kcal | 2.5 g |
| Normal | 4.5 g | 100 kcal | 2.5 g |
| A lot | 9 g | 140 kcal | 2.5 g |
What moves the number
- Oil (the oil the vegetables are cooked in)about 40 kcal
- Potatoabout 35 kcal
- Cauliflowerabout 15 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 katori, scaled from the batch recipe in the Homekcal app’s dish table, with normal oil. Water, salt and spices add almost no energy but are listed so the recipe is complete. If your version has more of something, the numbers move with it.
| Ingredient | Weight | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| PotatoUSDA: Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw | 46 g | 35 | 1 g |
| CauliflowerUSDA: Cauliflower, raw | 55 g | 15 | 1 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 11 g | 5 | 0 g |
| TomatoUSDA: Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average | 11 g | 0 | 0 g |
| GingerUSDA: Ginger root, raw | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| CuminUSDA: Spices, cumin seed | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| TurmericUSDA: Spices, turmeric, ground | 0 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Chilli powderUSDA: Spices, pepper, red or cayenne | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Coriander powderUSDA: Spices, coriander seed | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| OilUSDA: Oil, canolaThe oil the vegetables are cooked in | 4.5 g | 40 | 0 g |
How this was worked out
This is the same dish the Homekcal app logs, from the same table. Each raw ingredient’s weight is multiplied by its per-100 g values in USDA FoodData Central, the batch is added up and divided by the cooked weight it makes. Calories are rounded to the nearest 10 and grams to the nearest gram, because a standard recipe is not your recipe. These are calculated values, not weighed or lab tested meals, and home versions vary a lot.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2026. fdc.nal.usda.gov. Public domain (CC0).
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