Calories and protein in a katori of jeera rice, with and without ghee
Also called cumin rice.
The short answer
1 katori, about 120 g, normal ghee
180 kcal
3 g protein
Fat 3.5 g · carbs 32 g · fibre 0.5 g · Vegetarian
Portion: cooked rice, a 150 ml katori filled level. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
The same as plain rice plus the ghee for the cumin.
With and without ghee
The same 1 katori, changing only the ghee the cumin is fried in. Normal is about 3 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.
| Ghee | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 150 kcal | 3 g |
| A little | 1.5 g | 160 kcal | 3 g |
| Normal | 3 g | 180 kcal | 3 g |
| A lot | 6 g | 200 kcal | 3 g |
What moves the number
- Riceabout 150 kcal
- Ghee (the ghee the cumin is fried in)about 25 kcal
- Cuminabout 5 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 ghee. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RiceUSDA: Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched | 40 g | 150 | 3 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 80 g | 0 | 0 g |
| CuminUSDA: Spices, cumin seed | 1 g | 5 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| GheeUSDA: Butter oil, anhydrousThe ghee the cumin is fried in | 3 g | 25 | 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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