No matter how you make your roti, here’s how to calculate the calories in one roti!
While calorific values of general food stuffs is readily found on the internet, roti or Indian bread is a tough one to estimate, because no two people make rotis of the same size or thickness. Some may add oil to bind the dough, some like to coat fresh rotis with a layer of melted ghee to keep them soft.
This is how I make rotis in everyday cooking –
- 1 cup whole wheat flour (atta) [the standard baking cups
- water to make dough
- 1 tsp oil in the end to knead dough till smooth and non-sticky
Using this dough, I make 8 phulkas.
How to calculate calories in 1 roti
Use measuring cups used for baking.
100 grams whole wheat flour (Aashirvaad brand) 363 calories
1 baking cup holds 120 grams whole wheat flour – 400 calories
1 tsp oil is 40 calories
440/8 gives 55 calories per each roti
- How can you calculate for your homemade roti?
Always measure out flour using baking measuring cups and note the oil used in teaspoons. - 1 cup whole wheat flour = 400 calories
- Add 40 calories for every teaspoon of oil or ghee used.
- calories per roti or paratha will be: calories in flour + calories from oil / ghee DIVIDED by no. of rotis or parathas.
The same calculation applies to parathas or naan, where the number obtained from one cup of flour will be much less, also more fat used in their preparation making them high calorie.
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Thats a good calculation…thanks for the details..
Thanks for the detailed explanation on calorie calculation. Good presentation.
i totally agree that not every one makes rotis differently…and in my case, it all depends on my mood!! thanks for the detailed explanation…
1 tbsp of ghee per roti??? :-)We consume about a kilo of ghee in about 14 months :-)Nice calculation 🙂
Raaga – Absolutely not a tbsp per roti, sorry if it sounded misleading, i meant it for all of them put together…I rarely buy ghee at all! I meant to give as an example, for those who do use it, for it is conveniently forgotten while calculating the calories 🙂
Wow, that’s a good calculation Nandita, I had no idea that one roti could me so many calories…hmmmmmmm
This is really good to know. When making parathas, I guess you need to take into a/c the calorie values of the stuffing too I guess. I wonder how many cals my rotis are!
This is very useful, Nandita, thank you.
thank u nandita very much . i was so confused about the calories in my rotis . now i m clear and think each roti of mine is around 60 calories.
Hi, thanks for this wonderful explanation.Just one query, when u say 1 cup, can we get some measurable quantity as people may use different cups at home in different countries.
hey gr8 job…..luv the way u ve explained, even i was clueless thnx fr showing the way!
Hey Hiiii !!!…. Its really gud to knw on how calculate the cal intake … Gud info n useful for evry1 whoz diet concious ….
ragga i consume a kilo of ghee in 1o days 🙂
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wow….if your roti doesnt come with calories, u can atleast indulge in some light sweets….i sometimes order sweets from this site called Dealtz which ensures that they are tasty and healthy…and ofcors very fresh too…http://dealtz.com/Gifts/Decorative-Mithai-Boxes
In Trinidad we make a very similar looking roti. We don’t use oil though, but we do add a bit of salt and baking powder. I love the pic……getting a roti to swell like this is a triumph!
It is simple, I gm. wheat flour is 3.3 calories,.8 gms. water used to knead it hence 1.8gms of kneaded wheat flour is 3.3 calories or a chapatti made from 30 gms. of kneaded flour is 100 calories.
what sister you said 75 calories per roti? so If i eat 10 roties with nothing will I lose weight? [email protected] for your answer
Nicely explained….. Helped me alot
Seems wrong ratio. In chapati or parantha, atta is 60 to 70 percent. So that means an average of 40 gms of roti will have 26 gms of atta. And 120 gms of atta will make aprx. 4.6 roti es. So that makes 95 kcals per roti. Btw… 40 gms of roti is an average wt in india which is still small in size..
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