how many calories does a dal preparation contain?

satishpendse
satishpendse Posts: 69 Member
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Hi all,

Dal is a common Indian item. Toor dal is commonly used for preparing dal. On MFP, there are so many version of dal with varying calories. It's very difficult to find out how many calories does the dal that we prepare contain.

1. The dal prepared in my house is prepared with very less oil and no coconut / peanut etc. is added in it. Will someone please guide how many calories should it contain?

2. If cooked dal is eaten without any oil / peanut / coconut and spices in it and with just some salt and red-chilli-poweder, then how many caloties will it contain?

Request members here to guide please.

Regards

Satish

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  • Stila562
    Stila562 Posts: 30
    Dal (Lentis)
    Plain
    300 calories (60 from fat)
    6g total fat
    0.5g saturated fat
    0mg cholesterol
    710mg sodium
    43g carbohydrate (10g dietary fiber, 4g sugar)
    18g protein


    hope this helps
  • satishpendse
    satishpendse Posts: 69 Member
    Thanks Stila for quick input and it's quite useful. How much dal will contain 300 cals that you suggested? Is it one cup or is it 100 gms or some different unit?
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    If you know what's going into your own version, you could try the My Recipes tool on MFP. You put in everything that you add, and tell it how many servings that is, and it will calculate all the details.
  • Stila562
    Stila562 Posts: 30
    Sorry satishpense got confuse with other lentils.

    Dal (red lentils)

    1/4 of lentils contain 170 calories.

    Half a cup of lentils contain 340 calories (47.0 g).

    just have make sure to leave some dal, and you will not go over 300 calories.

    Hope this helps!
  • satishpendse
    satishpendse Posts: 69 Member
    Thanks Melanicheeks and Stila. You both provided quite a vital info.
  • oonaghmolly
    oonaghmolly Posts: 46 Member
    Moong dahl is your lowest calories. No oil at all, add spices, onion and tomato. One cup cooked = 148 cals
  • satishpendse
    satishpendse Posts: 69 Member
    That's good oonahmolly. For similar preparation if (1) Moong dal is replaced by toor dal then how much calories will one cup of cooked dal will have (2) same question for udad dal pls.

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