Lemon Rice Calories: Plain and With Extra Peanuts

By NYUS Inc. · Published 30 October 2026

The figures on this page are built from IFCT 2017 Table 1 rows and, where Table 1 has no row, USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy records. No primary table has a lemon rice record: IFCT 2017, the Indian Food Composition Tables from ICMR-NIN, prints raw foods (its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli) and no lemon rice, no cooked rice dish and no cooking oil row, and USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy has no lemon rice record. So this page does not quote a number. It works one plate out line by line: the raw rice, peanuts, Bengal gram dal, black gram dal, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli, turmeric powder and lemon juice from named IFCT 2017 rows and the oil from a USDA record, with weights that are our assumptions and the oil shown as a range so you can see what it adds, once as a plain plate and once as a plate with extra peanuts and more oil. They are estimates, shown so you can change the weights to match your pan. For plain cooked rice per cup see our cooked rice guide, for another rice dish worked out the same way our veg pulao guide and our sambar rice guide, and for the spoon values our ghee, oil and sugar guide.

The short answer

By our working, one plain plate of lemon rice (80 g raw rice, 10 g peanuts, 5 g Bengal gram dal, 3 g black gram dal, 1 g mustard seeds, 1 g curry leaves, 3 g green chilli, 0.5 g turmeric powder, 15 g lemon juice and 5 g of oil (about 1 teaspoon)) is about 421.4 kcal and 11.1 g protein, and one plate with extra peanuts (the same, with 20 g of peanuts and 10 g of oil (about 2 teaspoons)) is about 517.6 kcal and 13.4 g protein. With 60 to 100 g of raw rice and 5 to 15 g of oil the plain plate runs 350.1 to 581.1 kcal, and with 10 to 20 g of oil the plate with extra peanuts runs 446.3 to 677.3 kcal, with the dals, spices and lemon juice in every cell. These are estimates from the weights below, not measured values, not from a lemon rice record and not a shop or restaurant figure. Our reading: the parts of the plain main case rank the rice 285.1 kcal, the peanuts 52.0 kcal, the oil 44.2 kcal, the two dals 26.2 kcal, the mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli, turmeric and lemon juice 13.9 kcal; the parts of the main case with extra peanuts rank the rice 285.1 kcal, the peanuts 104.0 kcal, the oil 88.4 kcal, the two dals 26.2 kcal, the mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli, turmeric and lemon juice 13.9 kcal; and the plate with extra peanuts is 96.2 kcal above the plain one.

IFCT 2017 rows used, per 100 g

IFCT 2017 Table 1 prints, per 100 g edible portion, water, protein, ash, total fat, total dietary fibre, insoluble and soluble fibre, carbohydrate and energy in kJ, where the row has them (the lemon juice row prints fewer columns). We read these 9 rows from the PDF text on 30 October 2026, as the mean of the regions shown (PDF pages in the Sources); the kcal is ours (kJ divided by 4.184, to 0.1). IFCT prints no portion weights; every row here is raw, so we count raw weight, and no table prints a cooked weight for this dish.

The oil: USDA SR Legacy, per 100 g

IFCT 2017 Table 1 has no cooking oil row, so the oil comes from USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy; it is a US record (peanut oil). Energy is USDA's kcal with the kJ beside it; water, protein, total fat and carbohydrate (by difference) are in g, then fibre (g), total sugars (g) and sodium (mg), all per 100 g.

The data-type label on each USDA field, as the record shows it

USDA's record page shows a data-type label beside some fields and none beside others. This table copies what the record shows, read field by field from the nutrient table of the record page; "no label shown" means the record prints no label there, and "not printed" means the record has no row for that field. We do not interpret the labels beyond printing them. IFCT 2017 prints no such labels.

The household portions USDA prints for the oil

These are the entries in the record's Measures list, as printed; the other entry is 100 g. This page counts the oil in grams and takes 1 teaspoon as 4.5 g, the record's own teaspoon. The kcal in the last column is ours: the printed kcal per 100 g times the grams, divided by 100, shown to 0.1.

The portion sums: 171410 1 tsp (4.5 g): 884 × 4.5 / 100 = 39.78, so 39.8 kcal; 171410 1 cup (216 g): 884 × 216 / 100 = 1909.44, so 1909.4 kcal; 171410 1 tbsp (13.5 g): 884 × 13.5 / 100 = 119.34, so 119.3 kcal. By the same arithmetic 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal and 10 g 88.4 kcal.

Worked example 1: plain lemon rice

Every weight here is our assumption for one plate, counted raw: rice cooked and tossed with a tempering of oil, peanuts, Bengal gram dal, black gram dal, mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli and turmeric, and lemon juice. Each IFCT line is the kJ divided by 4.184, times the grams, divided by 100, to 0.1 kcal; each USDA line is the printed kcal per 100 g times the grams, divided by 100; protein is the table's protein per 100 g times the grams, divided by 100. Salt and other spices are not counted.

The grid varies the raw rice per plate (60, 80 or 100 g, every other weight as in the table above) and the oil (5, 10, 15 g); the weights in the table above are the 80 g main case.

Worked example 2: lemon rice with extra peanuts

Same method and the same rice, dals, spices and lemon juice; the peanuts go up from 10 to 20 g and the oil from 5 to 10 g. This is our assumed recipe, not a measured plate.

The grid varies the raw rice per plate (60, 80 or 100 g, every other weight as in the table above) and the oil (10, 15, 20 g); the weights in the table above are the 80 g main case.

The two main cases side by side

These are the single examples used in the short answer; each follows from the tables above and from the weights in the cell.

What stands out in the numbers

• Plain, part by part: the rice 285.1 kcal, the peanuts 52.0 kcal, the oil 44.2 kcal, the two dals 26.2 kcal, the mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli, turmeric and lemon juice 13.9 kcal. Raw rice is 356.4 kcal per 100 g (IFCT A015) and peanuts 520.1 kcal per 100 g (H012).
• With extra peanuts, part by part: the rice 285.1 kcal, the peanuts 104.0 kcal, the oil 88.4 kcal, the two dals 26.2 kcal, the mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli, turmeric and lemon juice 13.9 kcal; against the plain plate the extra 10 g of peanuts add 52.0 kcal and the extra 5 g of oil 44.2 kcal.
• Rice against oil: in the plain plate the raw rice weight (60 to 100 g) moves it more than the oil (5 to 15 g): 142.6 kcal against 88.4 kcal; in the plate with extra peanuts the raw rice weight (60 to 100 g) moves it more than the oil (10 to 20 g): 142.6 kcal against 88.4 kcal. Each 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal.
• Protein: about 11.1 g in the plain plate and 13.4 g in the plate with extra peanuts; the rice supplies 6.4 g of it and the peanuts 2.4 g or 4.7 g.
• These are estimates: no lemon rice record exists, the weights are ours, and a different weight of any ingredient in the tables above will change them.

Why these are estimates, not your lemon rice

• No record exists for the dish. IFCT 2017 prints raw foods and no cooked rice dish, and USDA SR Legacy has no lemon rice record (its two pilaf records are packaged rice and vermicelli mixes).
• The weights are assumptions. No table prints how much rice, peanut, dal or oil a plate takes; ours are stated so you can replace them.
• Raw weights. No table prints the weight of the cooked dish, so the page counts raw weight and cannot give a per 100 g or per katori figure.
• The oil is a range. The 5 to 20 g of oil is our assumption; no table prints how much oil a plate of lemon rice takes.
• US data. The oil row is a US record; IFCT Table 1 has no oil row.
• Labels are printed, not judged. Calculated and Assumed zero are USDA's words on the record; we print them and draw no conclusion from them.

How to log it so the numbers hold

• Log it by parts. Weigh the raw rice and the peanuts once for your usual plate, and log the oil by its own weight (weight × figure ÷ 100); our ghee, oil and sugar guide has the spoon values.
• Say how much oil and how many peanuts. They are inputs this page cannot know; 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal.
• Say how the pan was divided. The page gives one plate from the stated raw weights; scale it to the rice you actually cooked.
• Say what else went in. Cashews, coconut, curd and pickle served with it are not counted.

Where NYUS fits (our app)

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What this page leaves out

• A measured calorie figure for lemon rice as a dish: no primary record prints one, so every figure here is an estimate from stated weights.
• A calorie target, and any claim about what rice, peanuts or oil do to your body: we have not looked up any for any person, so we give none. If you have a medical condition or are pregnant, ask your doctor or dietitian.
• Other versions, such as lemon rice with cashews, coconut, ginger or curd, and tamarind, tomato or coconut rice: not covered here; log them from their own rows.
• Salt, asafoetida, other spices, cashews, curd and pickle served with it, and the water the rice is cooked in: not counted.
• Shop, restaurant and packaged lemon rice: no table prints a weight or oil use, so we give no such figure; read the pack for packaged ones.
• The two USDA pilaf records (Rice and vermicelli mix, rice pilaf flavor, unprepared; Rice and vermicelli mix, rice pilaf flavor, prepared with 80% margarine): found by search on 30 October 2026, they are packaged mixes and not lemon rice, so neither is used.
• Per 100 g and per katori figures: no table prints a cooked weight, so none is given here.
• Nutrients beyond energy, water, protein, fat, carbohydrate, fibre, total sugars and sodium: not covered here.

Sources

• ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (IFCT 2017), Table 1, per 100 g edible portion, mean of the regions shown (read from the PDF text 30 October 2026): A015 Rice, raw, milled (6 regions, 1491 kJ, PDF p. 41); H012 Ground nut (6 regions, 2176 kJ, PDF p. 55); B001 Bengal gram, dal (6 regions, 1377 kJ, PDF p. 42); B003 Black gram, dal (6 regions, 1356 kJ, PDF p. 42); H013 Mustard seeds (6 regions, 2132 kJ, PDF p. 55); G010 Curry leaves (6 regions, 266 kJ, PDF p. 54); G008 Chillies, green - all varieties (6 regions, 177 kJ, PDF p. 53); G033 Turmeric powder (6 regions, 1174 kJ, PDF p. 55); E033 Lemon, juice (6 regions, 153 kJ, PDF p. 50). IFCT 2017 prints raw foods (its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli) and no lemon rice, no cooked rice dish and no cooking oil row (PDF text searched for lemon rice, chitranna, nimbu, tempering and oil; the only lemon rows are E033 lemon juice and a lime row; the rows used are A015 raw milled rice (PDF p. 41), H012 ground nut (p. 55), B001 Bengal gram dal (p. 42), B003 black gram dal (p. 42), H013 mustard seeds (p. 55), G010 curry leaves (p. 54), G008 green chilli (p. 53), G033 turmeric powder (p. 55) and E033 lemon juice (p. 50)).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 171410 (Oil, peanut, salad or cooking): Energy 884 kcal (3700 kJ), protein 0 g, total fat 100 g, carbohydrate by difference 0 g, fibre 0 g, total sugars 0 g, sodium 0 mg per 100 g; labels as printed: kcal Calculated, carbohydrate by difference no label shown, total sugars Assumed zero (Insignificant amount or not naturally occurring in a food, such as fiber in meat); portions used: 1 tsp (4.5 g); 1 cup (216 g); 1 tbsp (13.5 g) (read 30 October 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy searches run on 30 October 2026 (control 'roll dinner' 11 results): lemon rice 0 results, rice dish 0 results, chitranna 0 results, nimbu chawal 0 results, pilaf 2 results.
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 30 October 2026 for the app statements in the NYUS section and the CTA.

The ingredient weights, the kJ to kcal conversions, the line values, the sums, the grids, the portion kcal, the rounding, the comparisons and every sentence starting "Our reading" are NYUS's own assumptions, arithmetic or opinion, not from USDA or IFCT. The IFCT values are the means printed in IFCT 2017 Table 1; the USDA values, data-type labels and Measures-list portions are exactly as shown on the USDA record page. The names in the first column are the tables' own names.

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