Calories and protein in a katori of mutton curry, with and without oil and ghee
Also called goat curry, bakra curry.
The short answer
1 katori with pieces, about 150 g, normal oil and ghee
180 kcal
17 g protein
Fat 10 g · carbs 5 g · fibre 1.5 g · With meat or fish
Portion: boneless meat weight, with gravy. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
In much of South Asia, mutton means goat, which is leaner than lamb. If your mutton is lamb, the number will be higher.
With and without oil and ghee
The same 1 katori with pieces, changing only the oil and ghee the masala is fried in. Normal is about 7.5 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 and ghee | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 120 kcal | 18 g |
| A little | 4 g | 150 kcal | 17 g |
| Normal | 7.5 g | 180 kcal | 17 g |
| A lot | 14 g | 230 kcal | 16 g |
What moves the number
- Goatabout 80 kcal
- Oil and ghee (the oil and ghee the masala is fried in)about 65 kcal
- Yogurtabout 10 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 katori with pieces, scaled from the batch recipe in the Homekcal app’s dish table, with normal oil and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoatUSDA: Game meat, goat, raw | 75 g | 80 | 15 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 23 g | 10 | 0 g |
| YogurtUSDA: Yogurt, plain, whole milk | 18 g | 10 | 0.5 g |
| GingerUSDA: Ginger root, raw | 2 g | 0 | 0 g |
| GarlicUSDA: Garlic, raw | 2 g | 5 | 0 g |
| Chilli powderUSDA: Spices, pepper, red or cayenne | 1 g | 5 | 0 g |
| Garam masalaUSDA: Spices, curry powder | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| Coriander powderUSDA: Spices, coriander seed | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 60 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 1 g | 0 | 0 g |
| OilUSDA: Oil, canolaThe oil and ghee the masala is fried in | 6 g | 55 | 0 g |
| GheeUSDA: Butter oil, anhydrousThe oil and ghee the masala is fried in | 1.5 g | 15 | 0 g |
What we could not match
Stand ins and assumptions in this recipe that a person still has to check.
- Meat weight is edible meat without bone; bone-in pieces on the plate weigh more than the meat they carry.
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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