Calories and protein in a katori of vegetable pulao, with and without ghee
Also called veg pulav, matar pulao.
The short answer
1 katori, about 130 g, normal ghee
170 kcal
3 g protein
Fat 3.5 g · carbs 30 g · fibre 1.5 g · Vegetarian
Portion: a 150 ml katori. Calculated from USDA FoodData Central
Rice dishes are often served heaped, and a heaped katori can hold half as much again.
With and without ghee
The same 1 katori, changing only the ghee the rice is toasted in. Normal is about 3.5 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 | 140 kcal | 3.5 g |
| A little | 1.5 g | 150 kcal | 3.5 g |
| Normal | 3.5 g | 170 kcal | 3 g |
| A lot | 6.5 g | 190 kcal | 3 g |
What moves the number
- Riceabout 120 kcal
- Ghee (the ghee the rice is toasted in)about 30 kcal
- Peasabout 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RiceUSDA: Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched | 33 g | 120 | 2.5 g |
| WaterUSDA: Beverages, water, tap, drinking | 67 g | 0 | 0 g |
| CarrotUSDA: Carrots, raw | 8.5 g | 5 | 0 g |
| PeasUSDA: Peas, green, raw | 8.5 g | 5 | 0.5 g |
| Green beansUSDA: Beans, snap, green, raw | 6.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| OnionUSDA: Onions, raw | 8.5 g | 5 | 0 g |
| Garam masalaUSDA: Spices, curry powder | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| SaltUSDA: Salt, table | 0.5 g | 0 | 0 g |
| GheeUSDA: Butter oil, anhydrousThe ghee the rice is toasted in | 3.5 g | 30 | 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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