Soya Chunk Curry Calories: Less Oil and More Oil

By NYUS Inc. · Published 4 November 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 soya chunk curry 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), has whole soybean rows (brown and white) but no soya chunks, no textured soy protein, no cooked dish and no cooking oil row, and USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy has no soya chunk curry record. So this page does not quote a number. It works one plate out line by line: the onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and turmeric from named IFCT rows, the soya chunks from the nearest USDA record from named 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, once with 10 g of oil and once with 20 g. They are estimates, shown so you can change the weights to match your pan. For what soya chunks do in a weight-loss day see our soya chunks and weight loss guide, for paneer in a curry our paneer curry guide, for dry soybean as an IFCT row our high protein foods guide, and for the spoon values our ghee, oil and sugar guide.

The short answer

By our working, one plate of soya chunk curry with a little oil (30 g dry soya chunks (counted as USDA defatted soy flour), 60 g raw onion, 80 g raw ripe tomato, 4 g garlic, 4 g fresh ginger and 1 g turmeric powder and 10 g of peanut oil (about 2.2 teaspoons)) is about 241.0 kcal and 17.6 g protein, and one plate with more oil (30 g dry soya chunks (counted as USDA defatted soy flour), 60 g raw onion, 80 g raw ripe tomato, 4 g garlic, 4 g fresh ginger and 1 g turmeric powder and 20 g of peanut oil (about 1.5 tablespoons)) is about 329.4 kcal and 17.6 g protein. Scaling the dry soya chunks from 20 to 40 g (every other ingredient scaled with it) and the oil from 6 to 14 g the less oil plate runs 154.8 to 327.0 kcal, and with 16 to 25 g of oil the more oil plate runs 243.2 to 424.2 kcal. These are estimates from the weights below, not measured values, not from a soya chunk curry record and not a shop or restaurant figure. Our reading: the parts of the less oil main case rank the dry soya chunks 98.1 kcal, the oil 88.4 kcal, the onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and turmeric 54.5 kcal; the parts of the more oil main case rank the oil 176.8 kcal, the dry soya chunks 98.1 kcal, the onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and turmeric 54.5 kcal; and the more oil plate is 88.4 kcal above the other because only the oil differs.

Table 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 5 rows from the PDF text on 4 November 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 the soya chunks are counted dry; the water they take up when soaked, the water in the gravy and any loss in cooking are not printed in any table, so the page gives no figure per katori or per 100 g of curry; the USDA defatted soy flour record is the nearest record to soya chunks and is not the same product as a packet of chunks.

The oil and dry soya chunks (the nearest USDA record, defatted soy flour): USDA SR Legacy, per 100 g

IFCT 2017 Table 1 has no cooking oil row and no soya chunks or textured soy protein row, so those come from USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy; they are US records. 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 USDA records

These are the entries in the records' Measures lists, as printed; the other entry is 100 g. This page counts the oil in grams and takes 1 teaspoon as 4.5 g and 1 tablespoon as 13.5 g, the oil record's own measures. 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; 174275 1 cup (105 g): 327 × 105 / 100 = 343.35, so 343.4 kcal; 174275 1 tbsp (6.6 g): 327 × 6.6 / 100 = 21.58, so 21.6 kcal. By the same arithmetic 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal and 10 g 88.4 kcal.

Worked example 1: soya chunk curry with a little oil

Every weight here is our assumption for one plate, counted raw: dry soya chunks (30 g) soaked and cooked in a gravy of onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and turmeric, counted as one plate from the dry and raw weights (our assumptions); the oil is what goes in the pan first. 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 spice powders are not counted.

The grid varies the raw dry soya chunks per plate (20, 30, 40 g, with every other ingredient scaled by the same factor and rounded to 0.1 g) and the oil (6, 10, 14 g); the weights in the table above are the 30 g main case.

Worked example 2: soya chunk curry with more oil

Same method and the same 30 g dry soya chunks (counted as USDA defatted soy flour), 60 g raw onion, 80 g raw ripe tomato, 4 g garlic, 4 g fresh ginger and 1 g turmeric powder; the 10 g of oil becomes 20 g. This is our assumed recipe, not a measured plate.

The grid varies the raw dry soya chunks per plate (20, 30, 40 g, with every other ingredient scaled by the same factor and rounded to 0.1 g) and the oil (16, 20, 25 g); the weights in the table above are the 30 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

• Less oil, part by part: the dry soya chunks 98.1 kcal, the oil 88.4 kcal, the onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and turmeric 54.5 kcal. The USDA defatted soy flour record is 327 kcal per 100 g (USDA 174275, dry), raw ripe tomato 19.6 kcal per 100 g (IFCT D076), raw onion 48.0 kcal per 100 g (IFCT G017) and the oil 884 kcal per 100 g (USDA 171410).
• More oil, part by part: the oil 176.8 kcal, the dry soya chunks 98.1 kcal, the onion, tomato, garlic, ginger and turmeric 54.5 kcal; against the less oil plate the oil is 88.4 kcal higher, and that is the whole difference between the plates.
• Size against oil: on the less oil plate the dry soya chunks weight (20 to 40 g) moves it more than the oil (6 to 14 g): 101.4 kcal against 70.8 kcal; on the more oil plate the dry soya chunks weight (20 to 40 g) moves it more than the oil (16 to 25 g): 101.4 kcal against 79.6 kcal. Each 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal.
• Protein: about 17.6 g in either plate (the oil adds none).
• These are estimates: no soya chunk curry 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 soya chunk curry

• No record exists for the dish. IFCT 2017 prints raw foods and no cooked dish, and the USDA SR Legacy searches found no soya chunk curry record (0 results for soya chunk curry, 0 results for soya chunks, 1 result for soy flour defatted). There is no SR Legacy record for soya chunks or soya chunk curry (0 results each, and 0 for textured soy); the search for soy flour defatted returns one record, "Soy flour, defatted" (174275), which is not the same product, and is used here only as the nearest proxy.
• The weights are assumptions. No table prints how much of each ingredient or of the oil a plate takes; ours are stated so you can replace them.
• Raw weights. No table prints the weight of the soya chunk curry after cooking, so the page counts raw weight and cannot give a per 100 g or per plate figure.
• Only the oil in the pan is counted. Oil used any other way, or left in the pan, is not counted unless it is in the oil weight.
• US data. The oil row and the dry soya chunks (the nearest USDA record, defatted soy flour) row are US records; 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 ingredients once for your usual pan, 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. It is an input this page cannot know; 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal.
• Say how the pan was divided. The page gives one plate from raw weights; divide the pan's total by the portions you actually made.
• Say what else went in. Anything not in the listed ingredients is not counted.

Where NYUS fits (our app)

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What this page leaves out

• A measured calorie figure for soya chunk curry 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 the ingredients or the 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 and add-ins, such as cashew paste, coconut milk, potato or peas, a soya chunk pulao and a restaurant plate: not counted here; log them from their own rows (what soya chunks do in a weight-loss day, in words and with pack-label ranges, is in our soya chunks and weight loss guide, paneer in a curry in our paneer curry guide, dry soybean as an IFCT row in our high protein foods guide).
• Other fats: ghee, butter and other oils were not looked up for this page.
• Shop, restaurant and packaged soya chunk curry: no table prints a weight or oil use, so we give no such figure; read the pack for packaged ones.
• Per 100 g and per plate 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 4 November 2026): G017 Onion, big (6 regions, 201 kJ, PDF p. 54); D076 Tomato, ripe, local (6 regions, 82 kJ, PDF p. 49); G011 Garlic, big clove (6 regions, 518 kJ, PDF p. 54); G014 Ginger, fresh (6 regions, 230 kJ, PDF p. 54); G033 Turmeric powder (6 regions, 1174 kJ, PDF p. 55). IFCT 2017 prints raw foods (its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli), has whole soybean rows (brown and white) but no soya chunks, no textured soy protein, no cooked dish and no cooking oil row (PDF text searched on 4 Nov for soya chunk, soy chunk, chunks, nutrela and textured (0 matches each); the rows used are G017 onion, big (PDF p. 54), D076 ripe local tomato (p. 49), G011 garlic, big clove (p. 54), G014 fresh ginger (p. 54) and G033 turmeric powder (p. 55)).
• 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 4 November 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 174275 (Soy flour, defatted): Energy 327 kcal (1370 kJ), protein 51.5 g, total fat 1.22 g, carbohydrate by difference 33.9 g, fibre 17.5 g, total sugars 16.4 g, sodium 20 mg per 100 g; labels as printed: kcal Calculated, carbohydrate by difference Calculated, total sugars Other procedure used from imputing, kJ Calculated; portions used: 1 cup (105 g); 1 tbsp (6.6 g) (read 4 November 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy searches run on 4 November 2026 (control 'roll dinner' 11 results): soya chunk curry 0 results, soya chunks 0 results, soy flour defatted 1 result.
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 4 November 2026 for the app statements in the NYUS section and the CTA.

The ingredient weights, the scaling, 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 totals add the rounded line values, so a total can differ from the unrounded sum by a rounding step. 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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