Calories and protein in one wrap of moi moi, with and without oil
Also called moin moin, steamed bean pudding.
The short answer
1 wrap, about 140 g, normal oil
240 kcal
12 g protein
Fat 10 g · carbs 26 g · fibre 5 g · With egg
Portion: one leaf or tin portion. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
Steamed beans make moi moi one of the better protein per calorie dishes in this cuisine.
With and without oil
The same 1 wrap, changing only the oil in the batter. Normal is about 8 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 | 180 kcal | 13 g |
| A little | 4 g | 210 kcal | 12 g |
| Normal | 8 g | 240 kcal | 12 g |
| A lot | 15 g | 300 kcal | 11 g |
What moves the number
- Lobiaabout 140 kcal
- Oil (the oil in the batter)about 70 kcal
- Eggabout 25 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 wrap, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LobiaUSDA: Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, raw | 41 g | 140 | 9.5 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 65 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Red pepperUSDA: Peppers, sweet, red, raw | 16 g | 5 | 0 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 10 g | 5 | 0 g |
| EggUSDA: Egg, whole, raw, fresh | 16 g | 25 | 2 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| OilUSDA: Oil, canolaThe oil in the batter | 8 g | 70 | 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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