Calories and protein in a katori of moong dal, with and without ghee
Also called yellow moong, mung dal.
The short answer
1 katori, about 150 g, normal ghee
130 kcal
7 g protein
Fat 3 g · carbs 19 g · fibre 5 g · Vegetarian
Portion: a 150 ml steel katori, filled level. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
A thin moong dal served to someone unwell can be half the lentils of the version here, so the katori count matters less than how thick it is.
With and without ghee
The same 1 katori, changing only the tadka. Normal is about 2.5 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.
| Ghee | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 110 kcal | 7 g |
| A little | 1 g | 120 kcal | 7 g |
| Normal | 2.5 g | 130 kcal | 7 g |
| A lot | 4.5 g | 140 kcal | 7 g |
What moves the number
- Moong dalabout 100 kcal
- Ghee (the tadka)about 20 kcal
- Cuminabout 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moong dalUSDA: Mung beans, mature seeds, raw | 29 g | 100 | 7 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 130 g | 0 | 0 g |
| TomatoUSDA: Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average | 8.5 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 | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| GheeUSDA: Butter oil, anhydrousThe tadka | 2.5 g | 20 | 0 g |
What we could not match
Stand ins and assumptions in this recipe that a person still has to check.
- Split yellow moong is calculated from USDA whole mung beans, assumed equal.
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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