Calories and protein in a plate of mujaddara, with and without olive oil
Also called mujadara, lentils and rice with onions.
The short answer
1 serving, about 250 g, normal olive oil
370 kcal
12 g protein
Fat 12 g · carbs 53 g · fibre 5.5 g · Vegan
Portion: a main course portion. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
The deeply fried onions are the point of the dish and most of the oil.
With and without olive oil
The same 1 serving, changing only the oil the onions are fried in. Normal is about 12 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.
| Olive oil | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 280 kcal | 13 g |
| A little | 6 g | 330 kcal | 13 g |
| Normal | 12 g | 370 kcal | 12 g |
| A lot | 22 g | 450 kcal | 12 g |
What moves the number
- Whole masoorabout 140 kcal
- Riceabout 110 kcal
- Olive oil (the oil the onions are fried in)about 100 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 serving, scaled from the batch recipe in the Homekcal app’s dish table, with normal olive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whole masoorUSDA: Lentils, raw | 38 g | 140 | 9.5 g |
| RiceUSDA: Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched | 29 g | 110 | 2 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 58 g | 25 | 0.5 g |
| CuminUSDA: Spices, cumin seed | 1 g | 5 | 0 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 173 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Olive oilUSDA: Oil, olive, salad or cookingThe oil the onions are fried in | 12 g | 100 | 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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