Thalipeeth Calories: Less Oil and More Oil

By NYUS Inc. · Published 5 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 thalipeeth 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 thalipeeth, no flatbread made of mixed flours and no cooking oil row, and USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy has no thalipeeth record. So this page does not quote a number. It works one plate out line by line: the jowar, bajra and atta flours, onion, green chilli, coriander leaves and cumin seeds 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 rotis of a single millet worked out the same way see our millet roti guide, for a methi flatbread our thepla guide, for the grains per 100 g our ragi, bajra and jowar guide, for a paratha stuffed with dal our dal paratha guide, and for the spoon values our ghee, oil and sugar guide.

The short answer

By our working, one plate of thalipeeth with a little oil (40 g jowar flour (IFCT jowar row), 30 g bajra flour (IFCT bajra row), 30 g wheat atta, 40 g onion, 3 g green chilli, 5 g coriander leaves and 1 g cumin seeds and 10 g of peanut oil (about 2.2 teaspoons)) is about 447.7 kcal and 11.5 g protein, and one plate with more oil (40 g jowar flour (IFCT jowar row), 30 g bajra flour (IFCT bajra row), 30 g wheat atta, 40 g onion, 3 g green chilli, 5 g coriander leaves and 1 g cumin seeds and 20 g of peanut oil (about 1.5 tablespoons)) is about 536.1 kcal and 11.5 g protein. Scaling the jowar flour from 30 to 50 g (every other ingredient scaled with it) and the oil from 6 to 14 g the less oil plate runs 322.6 to 573.1 kcal, and with 15 to 25 g of oil the more oil plate runs 402.2 to 670.3 kcal. These are estimates from the weights below, not measured values, not from a thalipeeth record and not a shop or restaurant figure. Our reading: the parts of the less oil main case rank the jowar, bajra and atta 334.2 kcal, the oil 88.4 kcal, the onion 19.2 kcal, the green chilli, coriander leaves and cumin seeds 5.9 kcal; the parts of the more oil main case rank the jowar, bajra and atta 334.2 kcal, the oil 176.8 kcal, the onion 19.2 kcal, the green chilli, coriander leaves and cumin seeds 5.9 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 7 rows from the PDF text on 5 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 IFCT prints the jowar and bajra rows for the grain and the atta row for wheat flour; there is no row for jowar or bajra flour, so we apply the grain rows to the flours without claiming that milling changes nothing. The water in the dough, and the weight the thalipeeth loses on the tawa, are not printed in any table.

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 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. By the same arithmetic 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal and 10 g 88.4 kcal.

Worked example 1: thalipeeth with a little oil

Every weight here is our assumption for one plate, counted raw: two thalipeeth from a dough of 40 g of jowar flour, 30 g of bajra flour and 30 g of wheat atta (100 g of flour in all; the split is our assumption) with 40 g of chopped onion, green chilli, coriander leaves and cumin kneaded in, counted as one plate from the raw weights (our assumptions); the oil is what goes on the tawa. 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 jowar flour per plate (30, 40, 50 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 40 g main case.

Worked example 2: thalipeeth with more oil

Same method and the same 40 g jowar flour (IFCT jowar row), 30 g bajra flour (IFCT bajra row), 30 g wheat atta, 40 g onion, 3 g green chilli, 5 g coriander leaves and 1 g cumin seeds; the 10 g of oil becomes 20 g. This is our assumed recipe, not a measured plate.

The grid varies the raw jowar flour per plate (30, 40, 50 g, with every other ingredient scaled by the same factor and rounded to 0.1 g) and the oil (15, 20, 25 g); the weights in the table above are the 40 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 jowar, bajra and atta 334.2 kcal, the oil 88.4 kcal, the onion 19.2 kcal, the green chilli, coriander leaves and cumin seeds 5.9 kcal. Jowar is 334.1 kcal per 100 g (IFCT A005), bajra 348.0 kcal per 100 g (IFCT A003) and the oil 884 kcal per 100 g (USDA 171410).
• More oil, part by part: the jowar, bajra and atta 334.2 kcal, the oil 176.8 kcal, the onion 19.2 kcal, the green chilli, coriander leaves and cumin seeds 5.9 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 jowar flour weight (30 to 50 g) moves it more than the oil (6 to 14 g): 179.7 kcal against 70.8 kcal; on the more oil plate the jowar flour weight (30 to 50 g) moves it more than the oil (15 to 25 g): 179.7 kcal against 88.4 kcal. Each 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal.
• Protein: about 11.5 g in either plate (the oil adds none).
• These are estimates: no thalipeeth 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 thalipeeth

• No record exists for the dish. IFCT 2017 prints raw foods and no cooked dish, and the USDA SR Legacy searches found no thalipeeth record (0 results for thalipeeth, 0 results for bhajani). There is no SR Legacy record for thalipeeth or for bhajani at all (0 results for each).
• 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 thalipeeth 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 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 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 thalipeeth 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 a pulse flour or a ready flour mix (use the pack's label), grated vegetables in the dough, ghee or butter and a stall or restaurant thalipeeth: not counted here; log them from their own rows (rotis of a single millet are in our millet roti guide, a methi flatbread in our thepla guide, and a paratha stuffed with dal in our dal paratha guide).
• Other fats: ghee, butter and other oils were not looked up for this page.
• Shop, restaurant and packaged thalipeeth: 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 5 November 2026): A005 Jowar (6 regions, 1398 kJ, PDF p. 41); A003 Bajra (6 regions, 1456 kJ, PDF p. 41); A019 Wheat flour, atta (6 regions, 1340 kJ, PDF p. 42); G017 Onion, big (6 regions, 201 kJ, PDF p. 54); G008 Chillies, green - all varieties (6 regions, 177 kJ, PDF p. 53); G009 Coriander leaves (6 regions, 130 kJ, PDF p. 53); G025 Cumin seeds (6 regions, 1274 kJ, PDF p. 54). IFCT 2017 prints raw foods (its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli) and no thalipeeth, no flatbread made of mixed flours and no cooking oil row (PDF text searched on 5 Nov for thalipeeth, thalipith, thalipit and bhajani (0 matches each); the rows used are A005 jowar (PDF p. 41), A003 bajra (p. 41), A019 wheat flour atta (p. 42), G017 big onion (p. 54), G008 green chilli (p. 53), G009 coriander leaves (p. 53) and G025 cumin seeds (p. 54)).
• 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 5 November 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy searches run on 5 November 2026 (control 'roll dinner' 11 results): thalipeeth 0 results, bhajani 0 results.
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 5 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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