Tomato Rice Calories: Plain and With More Tomato

By NYUS Inc. · Published 31 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 tomato 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 tomato rice, no cooked rice dish and no cooking oil row, and USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy has no tomato rice record. So this page does not quote a number. It works one plate out line by line: the raw rice, tomato, onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds 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, once as a plain plate and once as a plate with more tomato, onion and oil. They are estimates, shown so you can change the weights to match your pot. For another South Indian rice dish worked out the same way see our lemon rice guide, for rice with vegetables our veg pulao and jeera rice guide, for plain cooked rice by the cup our cooked rice guide, and for the spoon values our ghee, oil and sugar guide.

The short answer

By our working, one plain plate of tomato rice (80 g raw rice, 150 g tomato, 40 g onion, 3 g garlic, 2 g ginger, 3 g green chilli, 1 g curry leaves, 1 g mustard seeds and 10 g of oil (about 2 teaspoons)) is about 433.9 kcal and 9.0 g protein, and one plate with more tomato, onion and oil (80 g raw rice, 250 g tomato, 80 g onion, the same garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds and 15 g of oil (about 3 teaspoons)) is about 516.9 kcal and 10.5 g protein. Scaling the rice from 60 to 100 g and the oil from 5 to 15 g the plain plate runs 303.6 to 564.8 kcal, and with 10 to 20 g of oil the plate with more tomato runs 376.9 to 657.5 kcal, with the other ingredients in every cell. These are estimates from the weights below, not measured values, not from a tomato 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 oil 88.4 kcal, the tomato 29.4 kcal, the onion 19.2 kcal, the garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds 11.8 kcal; the parts of the main case with more tomato rank the rice 285.1 kcal, the oil 132.6 kcal, the tomato 49.0 kcal, the onion 38.4 kcal, the garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds 11.8 kcal; and that plate is 83.0 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. We read these 8 rows from the PDF text on 31 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 the water the rice takes up and the weight lost in the pan 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 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 tomato rice

Every weight here is our assumption for one plate, counted raw: rice cooked in oil with chopped tomato and onion, garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds. 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 rice per plate (60, 80 or 100 g, with every other ingredient weight except the oil scaled by the same factor and rounded to 0.1 g) and the oil (5, 10, 15 g); the weights in the table above are the 80 g main case.

Worked example 2: tomato rice with more tomato, onion and oil

Same method and the same 80 g of rice, garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds; the tomato goes up from 150 to 250 g, the onion from 40 to 80 g and the oil from 10 to 15 g. This is our assumed recipe, not a measured plate.

The grid varies the raw rice per plate (60, 80 or 100 g, with every other ingredient weight except the oil scaled by the same factor and rounded to 0.1 g) 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 oil 88.4 kcal, the tomato 29.4 kcal, the onion 19.2 kcal, the garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds 11.8 kcal. Raw milled rice is 356.4 kcal per 100 g (IFCT A015) and the oil 884 kcal per 100 g (USDA 171410).
• With more tomato, part by part: the rice 285.1 kcal, the oil 132.6 kcal, the tomato 49.0 kcal, the onion 38.4 kcal, the garlic, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves and mustard seeds 11.8 kcal; against the plain plate the extra tomato adds 19.6 kcal, the extra onion 19.2 kcal and the extra 5 g of oil 44.2 kcal.
• Size against oil: in the plain plate the rice weight (60 to 100 g) moves it more than the oil (5 to 15 g): 172.8 kcal against 88.4 kcal; in the plate with more tomato the rice weight (60 to 100 g) moves it more than the oil (10 to 20 g): 192.2 kcal against 88.4 kcal. Each 5 g of oil is 44.2 kcal.
• Protein: about 9.0 g in the plain plate and 10.5 g in the plate with more tomato; the rice supplies 6.4 g of it.
• These are estimates: no tomato 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 tomato rice

• No record exists for the dish. IFCT 2017 prints raw foods and no cooked rice dish, and USDA SR Legacy has no home tomato rice record (the searches found two canned tomato rice soups, a US Spanish rice mix, a Mexican restaurant Spanish rice row and two pilaf mixes, none of which is this dish).
• The weights are assumptions. No table prints how much rice, tomato, onion or oil a plate takes; ours are stated so you can replace them.
• Raw weights. No table prints the weight of the tomato rice after cooking, so the page counts raw weight and cannot give a per 100 g or per katori figure.
• Only the pan oil is counted. Oil used for a separate tempering, or left in the pot, 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 rice, tomato and onion once for your usual pot, 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 pot was divided. The page gives one plate from raw weights; divide the pot's total by the portions you actually made.
• Say what else went in. Ghee on top, any raita or curd and the papad eaten with it are not counted.

Where NYUS fits (our app)

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What this page leaves out

• A measured calorie figure for tomato 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, tomato 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 tomato rice with peas, paneer, peanuts or cashews, tomato rice made with leftover cooked rice, or a pressure-cooker one-pot: not covered here; log them from their own rows.
• Salt, chilli, turmeric and garam masala powders, ghee on top, any raita or curd, and the papad served with it: not counted.
• Shop, restaurant and packaged tomato rice: no table prints a weight or oil use, so we give no such figure; read the pack for packaged ones.
• The USDA tomato rice soups, the Spanish rice mix and restaurant row and the pilaf mixes (Soup, tomato rice, canned, condensed; Soup, tomato rice, canned, prepared with equal volume water; Spanish rice mix, dry mix, prepared (with canola/vegetable oil blend or diced tomatoes and margarine); Restaurant, Mexican, spanish rice; Spanish rice mix, dry mix, unprepared; Spanish rice mix, dry mix, prepared (with canola/vegetable oil blend or diced tomatoes and margarine); Rice and vermicelli mix, rice pilaf flavor, unprepared; Rice and vermicelli mix, rice pilaf flavor, prepared with 80% margarine): found by search on 31 October 2026, none is a home tomato rice, so none 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 31 October 2026): A015 Rice, raw, milled (6 regions, 1491 kJ, PDF p. 41); D076 Tomato, ripe, local (6 regions, 82 kJ, PDF p. 49); G017 Onion, big (6 regions, 201 kJ, PDF p. 54); G011 Garlic, big clove (6 regions, 518 kJ, PDF p. 54); G014 Ginger, fresh (6 regions, 230 kJ, PDF p. 54); G008 Chillies, green - all varieties (6 regions, 177 kJ, PDF p. 53); G010 Curry leaves (6 regions, 266 kJ, PDF p. 54); H013 Mustard seeds (6 regions, 2132 kJ, PDF p. 55). IFCT 2017 prints raw foods (its few cooked rows are boiled and omelette eggs and roasted vermicelli) and no tomato rice, no cooked rice dish and no cooking oil row (PDF text searched for tomato rice, thakkali, rice dish, tempering and oil; the rows used are A015 raw milled rice (PDF p. 41), D076 ripe local tomato (p. 49), G017 big onion (p. 54), G011 garlic (p. 54), G014 ginger (p. 54), G008 green chilli (p. 53), G010 curry leaves (p. 54) and H013 mustard seeds (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 31 October 2026).
• USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy searches run on 31 October 2026 (control 'roll dinner' 11 results): tomato rice 3 results, rice and tomato 3 results, tomato bath 0 results, rice dish 0 results, spanish rice 3 results, pilaf 2 results.
• nyus.in, the NYUS landing page, read on 31 October 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 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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