Calories and protein in one plain dosa, with and without oil
Also called sada dosa.
The short answer
1 dosa, about 60 g, normal oil
140 kcal
4 g protein
Fat 3 g · carbs 25 g · fibre 2 g · Vegan
Portion: one home dosa. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
A masala dosa adds a potato filling of roughly a katori of jeera aloo. Log the filling as a second item.
With and without oil
The same 1 dosa, changing only the oil on the tawa. 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.
| Oil | Added | Calories | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 0 g | 130 kcal | 4 g |
| A little | 1.5 g | 140 kcal | 4 g |
| Normal | 2.5 g | 140 kcal | 4 g |
| A lot | 5 g | 160 kcal | 4 g |
What moves the number
- Parboiled riceabout 95 kcal
- Urad dalabout 30 kcal
- Oil (the oil on the tawa)about 20 kcal
The recipe behind these numbers
Raw ingredient weights in one 1 dosa, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parboiled riceUSDA: Rice, white, long-grain, parboiled, enriched, dry | 25 g | 95 | 2 g |
| Urad dalUSDA: Mungo beans, mature seeds, raw | 8.5 g | 30 | 2 g |
| Fenugreek seedsUSDA: Spices, fenugreek seed | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 38 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| OilUSDA: Oil, canolaThe oil on the tawa | 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.
- Batter split assumed at 12 dosas per batch; home dosas vary from 40 g to 90 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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