Calories in Lobia (Black-Eyed Peas) and Cowpea

By NYUS Inc. · Published 29 October 2026

"Lobia calories" depends on whether you mean the dry seeds, the soaked and boiled seeds, the fresh or frozen seeds, the pods or the leaves. Lobia is the Hindi name for cowpea or black-eyed pea, and chawli is another Indian name for it. This guide gives eighteen cowpea records from the SR Legacy table of USDA FoodData Central: mature seeds raw and boiled (common cowpeas and catjang cowpeas), fresh and frozen blackeye immature seeds raw and boiled, canned plain cowpeas, young pods with seeds raw and boiled, and leafy tips raw and boiled, with the weights printed on their record pages. One more cowpea record is on our cooked dal, rajma, chole and lobia guide, and raw dal in our raw rice, atta and dal guide. IFCT 2017, the Indian Food Composition Tables from ICMR-NIN, has its own cowpea rows (brown B005, white B006), named here and not used. Sprouts are in our sprouts guide, canned and frozen pulses in our canned and frozen chickpeas and beans guide and matar in our green peas guide.

The short answer

By the SR Legacy records, 100 g of raw common cowpeas (dry mature seeds) is 336 kcal and 100 g boiled 116 kcal; a printed cup of the raw seeds (167 g) is 561.1 kcal and a printed cup of the boiled seeds (171 g) 198.4 kcal. Across all 18 records per 100 g the range is 22 kcal (boiled leafy tips) to 343 (raw catjang seeds). Our reading: boiling the dry seeds takes them to about a third of the raw kcal per 100 g because they take up water, so do not use a raw figure for boiled lobia or the reverse; in 9 of the 11 raw and boiled pairs on this page the boiled record is lower per 100 g.

SR Legacy: per 100 g

Every figure below is exactly as the record page shows it. The record names are the dataset's own.

SR Legacy: per printed portion

Each figure is our arithmetic on exact weights: kcal per 100 g times the grams, divided by 100, with the exact product in the sums line and the result shown to 0.1 with half rounding up. Every weight below is printed on the SR Legacy record page; none is ours. Package labels that carry an ounce size inside the label are shown as printed.

The sums: 169224 29 × 36 / 100 = 10.44, so 10.4 kcal; 169224 29 × 3 / 100 = 0.87, so 0.9 kcal; 169220 90 × 145 / 100 = 130.5, so 130.5 kcal; 175208 343 × 167 / 100 = 572.81, so 572.8 kcal; 168405 44 × 12 / 100 = 5.28, so 5.3 kcal; 168405 44 × 94 / 100 = 41.36, so 41.4 kcal; 168403 139 × 284 / 100 = 394.76, so 394.8 kcal; 168403 139 × 160 / 100 = 222.4, so 222.4 kcal; 175251 117 × 171 / 100 = 200.07, so 200.1 kcal; 168529 22 × 53 / 100 = 11.66, so 11.7 kcal; 168526 94 × 165 / 100 = 155.1, so 155.1 kcal; 175209 117 × 171 / 100 = 200.07, so 200.1 kcal; 173758 336 × 10.5 / 100 = 35.28, so 35.3 kcal; 173758 336 × 167 / 100 = 561.12, so 561.1 kcal; 168406 22 × 53 / 100 = 11.66, so 11.7 kcal; 168528 34 × 95 / 100 = 32.3, so 32.3 kcal; 168402 97 × 165 / 100 = 160.05, so 160.1 kcal; 168527 131 × 170 / 100 = 222.7, so 222.7 kcal; 173760 77 × 240 / 100 = 184.8, so 184.8 kcal; 169221 34 × 95 / 100 = 32.3, so 32.3 kcal; 168404 132 × 170 / 100 = 224.4, so 224.4 kcal; 175252 116 × 171 / 100 = 198.36, so 198.4 kcal.

100 g, 250 g and 500 g of lobia

Shops sell dry lobia by 250 g and 500 g, which these records do not print. These three weights are ours: each cell is the SR Legacy per 100 g figure times the grams, divided by 100, as kcal, protein and fat, shown to 0.1 with half rounding up. They are for the record as named (dry raw seeds, boiled, frozen, canned, pods or leaves), so 250 g of dry seeds and 250 g of boiled seeds are very different amounts of food, and none is a lobia curry.

The weight sums: 169224 29 × 100 / 100 = 29, so 29.0 kcal; 169224 29 × 250 / 100 = 72.5, so 72.5 kcal; 169224 29 × 500 / 100 = 145, so 145.0 kcal; 169220 90 × 100 / 100 = 90, so 90.0 kcal; 169220 90 × 250 / 100 = 225, so 225.0 kcal; 169220 90 × 500 / 100 = 450, so 450.0 kcal; 175208 343 × 100 / 100 = 343, so 343.0 kcal; 175208 343 × 250 / 100 = 857.5, so 857.5 kcal; 175208 343 × 500 / 100 = 1715, so 1715.0 kcal; 168405 44 × 100 / 100 = 44, so 44.0 kcal; 168405 44 × 250 / 100 = 110, so 110.0 kcal; 168405 44 × 500 / 100 = 220, so 220.0 kcal; 168403 139 × 100 / 100 = 139, so 139.0 kcal; 168403 139 × 250 / 100 = 347.5, so 347.5 kcal; 168403 139 × 500 / 100 = 695, so 695.0 kcal; 175251 117 × 100 / 100 = 117, so 117.0 kcal; 175251 117 × 250 / 100 = 292.5, so 292.5 kcal; 175251 117 × 500 / 100 = 585, so 585.0 kcal; 168529 22 × 100 / 100 = 22, so 22.0 kcal; 168529 22 × 250 / 100 = 55, so 55.0 kcal; 168529 22 × 500 / 100 = 110, so 110.0 kcal; 168526 94 × 100 / 100 = 94, so 94.0 kcal; 168526 94 × 250 / 100 = 235, so 235.0 kcal; 168526 94 × 500 / 100 = 470, so 470.0 kcal; 175209 117 × 100 / 100 = 117, so 117.0 kcal; 175209 117 × 250 / 100 = 292.5, so 292.5 kcal; 175209 117 × 500 / 100 = 585, so 585.0 kcal; 173758 336 × 100 / 100 = 336, so 336.0 kcal; 173758 336 × 250 / 100 = 840, so 840.0 kcal; 173758 336 × 500 / 100 = 1680, so 1680.0 kcal; 168406 22 × 100 / 100 = 22, so 22.0 kcal; 168406 22 × 250 / 100 = 55, so 55.0 kcal; 168406 22 × 500 / 100 = 110, so 110.0 kcal; 168528 34 × 100 / 100 = 34, so 34.0 kcal; 168528 34 × 250 / 100 = 85, so 85.0 kcal; 168528 34 × 500 / 100 = 170, so 170.0 kcal; 168402 97 × 100 / 100 = 97, so 97.0 kcal; 168402 97 × 250 / 100 = 242.5, so 242.5 kcal; 168402 97 × 500 / 100 = 485, so 485.0 kcal; 168527 131 × 100 / 100 = 131, so 131.0 kcal; 168527 131 × 250 / 100 = 327.5, so 327.5 kcal; 168527 131 × 500 / 100 = 655, so 655.0 kcal; 173760 77 × 100 / 100 = 77, so 77.0 kcal; 173760 77 × 250 / 100 = 192.5, so 192.5 kcal; 173760 77 × 500 / 100 = 385, so 385.0 kcal; 169221 34 × 100 / 100 = 34, so 34.0 kcal; 169221 34 × 250 / 100 = 85, so 85.0 kcal; 169221 34 × 500 / 100 = 170, so 170.0 kcal; 168404 132 × 100 / 100 = 132, so 132.0 kcal; 168404 132 × 250 / 100 = 330, so 330.0 kcal; 168404 132 × 500 / 100 = 660, so 660.0 kcal; 175252 116 × 100 / 100 = 116, so 116.0 kcal; 175252 116 × 250 / 100 = 290, so 290.0 kcal; 175252 116 × 500 / 100 = 580, so 580.0 kcal.

What stands out in the numbers

• Per 100 g, highest first (record id and kcal): 175208 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, raw) 343, 173758 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, raw) 336, 168403 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, unprepared) 139, 168404 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt) 132, 168527 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt) 131, 175251 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt) 117, 175209 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt) 117, 175252 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt) 116, 168402 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt) 97, 168526 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt) 94, 169220 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, raw) 90, 173760 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, canned, plain) 77, 168405 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, raw) 44, 168528 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt) 34, 169221 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt) 34, 169224 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, raw) 29, 168529 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt) 22, 168406 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt) 22.
• Per printed cup, highest first: 175208 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, raw), 1 cup, 167 g, 572.8 kcal, 173758 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, raw), 1 cup, 167 g, 561.1 kcal, 168404 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt), 1 cup, 170 g, 224.4 kcal, 168527 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt), 1 cup, 170 g, 222.7 kcal, 168403 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, unprepared), 1 cup, 160 g, 222.4 kcal, 175251 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt), 1 cup, 171 g, 200.1 kcal, 175209 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt), 1 cup, 171 g, 200.1 kcal, 175252 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt), 1 cup, 171 g, 198.4 kcal, 173760 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, canned, plain), 1 cup, 240 g, 184.8 kcal, 168402 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt), 1 cup, 165 g, 160.1 kcal, 168526 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt), 1 cup, 165 g, 155.1 kcal, 169220 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, raw), 1 cup, 145 g, 130.5 kcal, 168405 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, raw), 1 cup, 94 g, 41.4 kcal, 168528 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt), 1 cup, 95 g, 32.3 kcal, 169221 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt), 1 cup, 95 g, 32.3 kcal, 168529 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt), 1 cup, chopped, 53 g, 11.7 kcal, 168406 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt), 1 cup, chopped, 53 g, 11.7 kcal, 169224 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, raw), 1 cup, chopped, 36 g, 10.4 kcal.
• Per printed pod, leaf, tablespoon or package, highest first: 168403 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, unprepared), 1 package (10 oz), 284 g, 394.8 kcal, 173758 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, raw), 1 tbsp, 10.5 g, 35.3 kcal, 168405 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, raw), 1 pod, 12 g, 5.3 kcal, 169224 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, raw), 1 leaf, 3 g, 0.9 kcal.
• Raw against boiled: the dry mature seeds print 336 and 343 kcal per 100 g raw and 116, 117 and 117 boiled; the fresh blackeye immature seeds print 90 raw and 94 and 97 boiled, the only pairs where boiled is higher.
• With and without salt: three of the five pairs print identical figures and two differ by 3 and 1 kcal; we show every record as printed.

Why these are reference rows, not your lobia

• Names are the records'. No record name or portion label shown here carries a company name. The records are USDA's generic cowpea rows; we do not say that lobia bought in India matches them.
• Chawli and lobia are names, not records. The page says only that they are Indian names for cowpea; which USDA row (seeds, pods or leaves, raw or boiled) fits your dish is for you to match.
• No curry row. USDA has no lobia curry or chawli bhaji record. Oil, onion and masala change the number, so the rows here do not give a prepared dish's calories.
• Every portion here is printed, except the weights table. The only weights that are ours are the labelled 100 g, 250 g and 500 g in the weights table and the 100 g logging example.
• The records' own notes. The record pages mark the kcal energy of all 18 records "Calculated"; they are USDA values, not our measurements.

How to log it so the numbers hold

• Weigh it, and say dry or boiled. 100 g of boiled common cowpeas (our example weight, not a dataset value) on SR Legacy 175252 is 116 × 100 / 100 = 116, so 116.0 kcal; 100 g of raw dry seeds (173758) is 336.
• Pick the part and the method the record names. Seeds, pods and leaves, and raw, boiled, frozen and canned are different rows; the same weight of each gives different calories.
• Curries and tadkas are separate. Oil, ghee and sugar are in our ghee, oil and sugar guide.
• Do not mix datasets inside one day. If you log lobia from SR Legacy, keep to that record for the same meal.

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What this page leaves out

• A calorie target, and any claim about what lobia does to your body: we have not looked up one for any person, so we give none. If you have a medical condition, ask your doctor or dietitian.
• Lobia curry, chawli bhaji, usal and any restaurant or maker's version: no record used here. The IFCT 2017 cowpea rows (B005, B006) are named and not used.
• The "cowpea" search returned 20 records: 18 used, and these 2 are left out: canned with pork record 173761; named on the live cooked dal guide 173759.
• Other pulses are not covered on this page, and these searches are counted only, not listed: "lentil" returned 9; "mung" returned 9; "chickpea" returned 8; "pigeon" returned 6; "split peas" returned 8; "peas" returned 51 and "beans" 225. Records in these searches overlap each other.
• Nutrients beyond energy, protein, fat and carbohydrate: not covered here.

Sources

• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169224 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, raw): Energy 29 kcal (121 kJ), protein 4.1 g, total fat 0.25 g, carbohydrate 4.82 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup, chopped 36 g; 1 leaf 3 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169220 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, raw): Energy 90 kcal (376 kJ), protein 2.95 g, total fat 0.35 g, carbohydrate 18.8 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 145 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 175208 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, raw): Energy 343 kcal (1440 kJ), protein 23.8 g, total fat 2.07 g, carbohydrate 59.6 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 167 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168405 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, raw): Energy 44 kcal (184 kJ), protein 3.3 g, total fat 0.3 g, carbohydrate 9.5 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 pod 12 g; 1 cup 94 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168403 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, unprepared): Energy 139 kcal (582 kJ), protein 8.98 g, total fat 0.7 g, carbohydrate 25.1 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 package (10 oz) 284 g; 1 cup 160 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 175251 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt): Energy 117 kcal (490 kJ), protein 8.13 g, total fat 0.71 g, carbohydrate 20.3 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 171 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168529 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt): Energy 22 kcal (92 kJ), protein 4.67 g, total fat 0.1 g, carbohydrate 2.8 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup, chopped 53 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168526 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt): Energy 94 kcal (395 kJ), protein 3.17 g, total fat 0.38 g, carbohydrate 19.7 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 165 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 175209 (Cowpeas, catjang, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt): Energy 117 kcal (490 kJ), protein 8.13 g, total fat 0.71 g, carbohydrate 20.3 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 171 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 173758 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, raw): Energy 336 kcal (1410 kJ), protein 23.5 g, total fat 1.26 g, carbohydrate 60 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 tbsp 10.5 g; 1 cup 167 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168406 (Cowpeas, leafy tips, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt): Energy 22 kcal (92 kJ), protein 4.67 g, total fat 0.1 g, carbohydrate 2.8 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup, chopped 53 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168528 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt): Energy 34 kcal (142 kJ), protein 2.6 g, total fat 0.3 g, carbohydrate 7 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 95 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168402 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt): Energy 97 kcal (405 kJ), protein 3.17 g, total fat 0.38 g, carbohydrate 20.3 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 165 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168527 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt): Energy 131 kcal (547 kJ), protein 8.49 g, total fat 0.66 g, carbohydrate 23.5 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 170 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 173760 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, canned, plain): Energy 77 kcal (322 kJ), protein 4.74 g, total fat 0.55 g, carbohydrate 13.6 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 240 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 169221 (Cowpeas, young pods with seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt): Energy 34 kcal (142 kJ), protein 2.6 g, total fat 0.3 g, carbohydrate 7 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 95 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168404 (Cowpeas (blackeyes), immature seeds, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt): Energy 132 kcal (552 kJ), protein 8.49 g, total fat 0.66 g, carbohydrate 23.8 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 170 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 175252 (Cowpeas, common (blackeyes, crowder, southern), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt): Energy 116 kcal (484 kJ), protein 7.73 g, total fat 0.53 g, carbohydrate 20.8 g per 100 g; portions used: 1 cup 171 g (read 28 Oct 2026).
• ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017): cowpea brown (B005) and cowpea white (B006) rows exist; named, not used for the figures on this page.
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 29 Oct 2026 for the app statements in the NYUS section and the CTA.

The per portion figures, the weights table, the sums, the rounding, the comparisons and every sentence starting "Our reading" are NYUS's own arithmetic or opinion, not from USDA. The SR Legacy values and portion weights are exactly as printed on the record pages. The names in the first column are the dataset's own record names.

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