Butter Naan vs Tandoori Roti

Both sides computed from the same table, at the serving each is actually eaten in.

Butter Naan

288

kcal per 1 butter naan (90 g) · 320 kcal/100 g

More energy-dense

Tandoori Roti

131

kcal per 1 tandoori roti (60 g) · 219 kcal/100 g

The short answer

Which one is heavier

Per 100 g, butter naan is heavier — 320 kcal against 219 kcal for tandoori roti, about 46% more. Per real serving the picture changes: 1 butter naan of butter naan is 288 kcal, while 1 tandoori roti of tandoori roti is 131 kcal, because the portions are not the same size. On protein, butter naan wins with 7.6 g per 100 g.

SOURCE·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 butter naan entered at 90 g·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Side by side

	Butter Naan	Tandoori Roti
Serving assumed	1 butter naan · 90 g	1 tandoori roti · 60 g
Calories per serving	288	131
Calories per 100 g	320	219
Protein per 100 g	7.6 g	7.4 g
Carbs per 100 g	49.0 g	44.8 g
Fat per 100 g	10.0 g	1.1 g
Fibre per 100 g	2.0 g	7.7 g
Walking to burn one serving	67 min	31 min

SOURCE·IFCT 2017 + published recipe weights·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How two dishes are made comparable

Both columns start from the same source — the per-100 g rows for butter naan and tandoori roti in the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017. Neither side is taken from a different database to win an argument.
Each dish keeps its own serving weight: 1 butter naan at 90 g, 1 tandoori roti at 60 g. Forcing both onto a shared 100 g is what makes most food comparisons useless.
Both rows are then scaled the same way and printed side by side, so the per-gram ranking and the per-plate ranking can visibly disagree — which, on Indian food, they routinely do.

Butter Naan        320 kcal/100 g ×  90 g ÷ 100 = 288 kcal
Tandoori Roti      219 kcal/100 g ×  60 g ÷ 100 = 131 kcal

The full method, and where it is weakest →

How to read this

Per-100 g comparisons flatter whatever is eaten in small portions. Butter Naan is denser per gram, but people do not eat by the gram — butter naan arrives as 1 butter naan and tandoori roti as 1 tandoori roti, and that is where the real difference shows up.

Butter Naan carries more protein, which matters more than the calorie gap if you are trying to stay full. Fibre also favours tandoori roti here. Both figures assume home cooking with a measured amount of oil; a restaurant plate of either can run 30 to 60% higher.

Questions

Which has more calories, butter naan or tandoori roti?

Which has more protein, butter naan or tandoori roti?

Butter Naan — 7.6 g per 100 g against 7.4 g. Per real serving that becomes 6.8 g in 1 butter naan against 4.4 g in 1 tandoori roti.

Why do the two comparisons disagree?

Because a per-100 g comparison flatters whatever is eaten in small portions. 1 butter naan of butter naan weighs 90 g and 1 tandoori roti of tandoori roti weighs 60 g, so the per-gram ranking and the per-plate ranking are answering different questions. The serving row is the one that decides what you ate.

Nutrient values are averages for the stated preparation, based on the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN) and standard recipe analysis. Energy is reconciled against the macronutrients with Atwater factors on every build. General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Home-cooked Indian food varies enormously with oil, ghee and portion size; every value here is an average for a stated serving, with the assumption shown.

SOURCE·IFCT 2017 + published recipe weights·REVIEWED JUL 2026

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