Rajma Masala and Rajma Chawal Calories Worked Out

By NYUS Inc. · Published 29 October 2026

"Rajma chawal calories", "rajma chawal calories and protein", "rajma chawal calories one plate", "rajma masala calories per 100g" and "rajma curry calories" are searched in India, and the answers online differ. No primary table has a rajma masala or rajma chawal record: IFCT 2017, the Indian Food Composition Tables from ICMR-NIN, prints raw, dry pulses and rice (and almost entirely raw foods; its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli) and no rajma masala, rajma chawal or other cooked dish, and no cooking oil row, and USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy has no rajma masala record. So this page does not quote a number. It works one portion of masala and one plate with rice out line by line: the raw rajma, raw rice and the masala's onion, tomato, garlic, ginger, cumin, chilli and turmeric from named IFCT 2017 rows and the oil from a USDA record, with weights that are our assumptions and the oil shown apart so you can see what it adds. They are estimates, shown so you can change the weights to match your pot. For USDA's boiled kidney beans per katori, with no gravy, see our rajma vs chole guide, for the raw pulses per 100 g our raw dal guide, and for the spoon values our ghee, oil and sugar guide.

The short answer

By our working, one portion of rajma masala (40 g raw brown rajma, onion 60 g, tomato 80 g, garlic 5 g, ginger 5 g, cumin seeds 1 g, green chilli 2 g, turmeric 0.5 g and 2 teaspoons of oil) is about 256.6 kcal and 9.8 g protein, and the same masala with 60 g of raw rice, a rajma chawal plate, is about 470.4 kcal and 14.6 g protein. Across 30 to 50 g of raw rajma and 1 to 3 teaspoons of oil the masala runs 187.1 to 326.1 kcal, and with 40 to 80 g of raw rice the plate runs 329.6 to 611.2 kcal, every cell with oil and rice. These are estimates from the weights below, not measured values and not from a record for the dish. Our reading: in the main plate the masala is the larger part (256.6 kcal against 213.8 kcal for the rice), and inside the masala the raw rajma is the largest line (119.0 kcal, against 79.6 kcal for the oil and 58.0 kcal for the vegetables and spices).

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. We read these 11 rows from the PDF text on 29 October 2026, as the mean of the regions shown; the kcal is ours (kJ divided by 4.184, to 0.1). IFCT prints no portion weights; the rajma and rice rows are raw and dry, so we count raw weights, and the cooked weight of beans or rice is not printed in any table. Brown rajma has 6 regions, black 2 and red 3.

The oil: USDA SR Legacy, per 100 g

IFCT 2017 has no cooking oil row, so the oil comes from USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy; it is a US record. 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. 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. 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 1 teaspoon (4.5 g) is 39.8 kcal, 2 teaspoons 79.6 kcal and 3 teaspoons 119.3 kcal.

Worked example 1: rajma masala

Every weight here is our assumption for one portion, counted raw: 40 g of dry brown rajma (IFCT B019), a masala of onion, tomato, garlic, ginger, cumin seeds, green chilli and turmeric powder, and peanut oil. Each IFCT line is the kJ divided by 4.184, times the grams, divided by 100, to 0.1 kcal; the oil line is USDA's 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, coriander leaves, garam masala and lemon are not counted, and the water the beans are soaked and boiled in carries no energy.

The grid varies the raw rajma (30, 40 or 50 g) and the oil (1, 2 or 3 teaspoons); the vegetables and spices stay as above.

The same masala with the other two IFCT rajma rows, 40 g raw each and 2 teaspoons of oil:

Worked example 2: the rajma chawal plate

The plate adds raw milled rice (IFCT A015) to the main-case masala. The weight of rice is our assumption (40, 60 or 80 g raw); no table prints how much cooked rice that makes, so the page does not turn it into katori or cups.

The main case in parts

The single example used in the short answer; each line follows from the tables above and from the weights in the cell.

What stands out in the numbers

• Inside the masala the raw rajma is the largest line: 40 g is 119.0 kcal (IFCT B019, 297.6 kcal per 100 g), against 79.6 kcal for 2 teaspoons of oil and 58.0 kcal for the vegetables and spices.
• What moves the result: in this working the raw rice weight (40 to 80 g) moves it most, 142.6 kcal, then the oil (1 to 3 teaspoons), 79.5 kcal, then the raw rajma weight (30 to 50 g), 59.5 kcal. Each teaspoon of oil is 39.8 kcal.
• Plate: 60 g of raw rice is 213.8 kcal and the main-case masala 256.6 kcal, so the plate is 470.4 kcal.
• Rajma colour hardly matters: brown, black and red rajma differ by 0.7 kcal in the masala, because IFCT prints close energy values for the three.
• Protein: about 9.8 g in the main-case masala and 14.6 g in the plate; the oil adds none.
• These are estimates: no record for the dish exists, the weights are ours, and cream, butter, a bigger portion or more oil will be higher.

Why these are estimates, not your plate

• No record exists for the dish. IFCT 2017 prints raw foods and no cooked dish, and USDA SR Legacy has no rajma masala record.
• The weights are assumptions. No table prints how much rajma, gravy base, oil or rice one portion takes; ours are stated so you can replace them.
• Raw weights. Rajma and rice take up water in cooking and no table prints the cooked weight, so the page counts raw dry weight and cannot say how many katori the masala or rice makes.
• No per 100 g figure. No table prints a cooked masala weight, so a calories-per-100-g number cannot be derived from these rows.
• US oil data. The oil row is a US record; IFCT has none.
• Labels are printed, not judged. The labels on the USDA record are its own words; we print them and draw no conclusion from them.

How to log it so the numbers hold

• Log it by parts. Weigh the rajma dry before soaking, estimate the onion and tomato, weigh the rice raw, and log the oil by its own weight (weight × figure ÷ 100); our ghee, oil and sugar guide has the spoon values.
• Say how much rice. Raw rice from 40 to 80 g moves the plate by 142.6 kcal.
• Say how much oil. It is an input this page cannot know; each teaspoon is 39.8 kcal.
• Log the roti, salad or raita separately. They are not in these figures.

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What this page leaves out

• A measured calorie figure for rajma masala or rajma chawal 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 rajma or rice does 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.
• Salt, coriander leaves, garam masala, lemon, cream, butter, cashew paste and coconut, and other versions such as chole masala: not covered here; log them from their own rows.
• Restaurant, dhaba and packaged or canned rajma: no table prints a restaurant weight or oil use, so we give no such figure; read the pack for packaged ones.
• Brown, parboiled or other rice rows and other IFCT rows for the same vegetables: they exist and are not used 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 29 October 2026): B019 Rajmah, brown (6 regions, 1245 kJ, PDF p. 43); B018 Rajmah, black (2 regions, 1247 kJ, PDF p. 43); B020 Rajmah, red (3 regions, 1252 kJ, PDF p. 43); A015 Rice, raw, milled (6 regions, 1491 kJ, PDF p. 41); G017 Onion, big (6 regions, 201 kJ, PDF p. 54); D075 Tomato, ripe, hybrid (6 regions, 79 kJ, PDF p. 48); G011 Garlic, big clove (6 regions, 518 kJ, PDF p. 54); G014 Ginger, fresh (6 regions, 230 kJ, PDF p. 54); G025 Cumin seeds (6 regions, 1274 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). IFCT 2017 prints raw, dry pulses and rice (and almost entirely raw foods; its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli) and no rajma masala, rajma chawal or other cooked dish, and no cooking oil row (PDF text searched for rajma masala, rajma chawal, curry, gravy and oil; the rajma rows are B018 to B020).
• 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 29 October 2026).
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 29 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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