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Tomato Rice calories
per katori, not per 100 g

The short answer

One katori, weighed

229kcal 1 katori tomato rice — taken as 160 g — has about 229 calories, with 3.8 g protein, 38.9 g carbohydrate and 6.4 g fat. Two come to 458 kcal, three to 686 kcal.

Per 100 g, tomato rice carries 143 kcal and 2.4 g protein.

Protein 3.8 g · 6.7% of energy Carbs 38.9 g · 68.1% of energy Fat 6.4 g · 25.2% of energy

SOURCE·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 katori tomato rice entered at 160 g·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Serving assumed: 1 katori tomato rice ≈ 160 g — south indian style with 1 teaspoon of oil per serving. Change the portion and every number below changes with it.

The laboratory The kitchen 100 g 160 g 143 kcal 229 kcal
Drawn to scale — the shaded area of each is proportional to its weight. 1 katori tomato rice weighs 160 g: 1.6× the beaker. Publish 143 kcal and you have answered a question nobody asked at a table; publish 229 kcal and you have answered the one that was.

SOURCE·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 katori tomato rice entered at 160 g·REVIEWED JUL 2026

From a table row to one katori

  1. Read the per-100 g row for tomato rice out of the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 — analysed on Indian samples, so Indian wheat and Indian milk are not swapped for American ones. It gives 143 kcal and 2.4 g protein per 100 g.
  2. Weigh what is actually served. This site enters 1 katori tomato rice at 160 g (south indian style with 1 teaspoon of oil per serving). That weight is the number other calorie sites decline to state, and it is where their answers stop being answers.
  3. Multiply, linearly, and print the working: 143 × 160 ÷ 100 = 229 kcal per katori. Nothing is rounded up, adjusted or smoothed — two katori are exactly twice one.
  4. Reconcile the energy against its own macronutrients with Atwater factors on every build. A row more than 15% away from 4P + 4C + 9F (20% above 6 g of fibre) stops the build rather than shipping.
per katori   =  per 100 g  ×  serving grams ÷ 100
Tomato Rice        =    143 kcal ×  160 g ÷ 100  =  229 kcal
energy check       =  4P + 4C + 9F  ±15%  (±20% if fibre ≥ 6 g)

The full method, and where it is weakest →

Tomato Rice, entered by the portion

The kitchen ledger: one katori at 160 g, then two, then three. Every row is the row above multiplied — nothing is rounded up or quietly adjusted.

Kitchen ledger — tomato rice by the katori, one katori entered at 160 g. IFCT 2017 · JUL 2026
PortionGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFatFibre
1 katori160 g 229 kcal3.8 g38.9 g6.4 g2.1 g
2 katori320 g 458 kcal7.7 g77.8 g12.8 g4.2 g
3 katori480 g 686 kcal11.5 g116.6 g19.2 g6.2 g

SOURCE·ICMR–NIN dietary guidance for Indians + weighed portions·1 katori tomato rice entered at 160 g·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Kept in kilocalories — the "calories" printed on a packet. Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate. Fibre is entered on its own line and is counted in neither the carbohydrate column nor the energy figure.

The 100 g column, kept for the record

Because every other site quotes it, and because you should be able to check our arithmetic against theirs.

Tomato Rice — the 100 g reference column beside the katori that is actually served. IFCT 2017 · JUL 2026
NutrientPer 100 gPer 1 katori tomato rice (160 g)
Energy143 kcal229 kcal
Protein2.4 g3.8 g
Carbohydrate (available)24.3 g38.9 g
Fat4.0 g6.4 g
Dietary fibre1.3 g2.1 g

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

What it takes to burn off 1 katori tomato rice of tomato rice

Minutes of activity for a 70 kg adult to spend 229 kcal, using MET values from the 2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities. This is a scale check, not a licence — appetite rises with activity and the two do not cancel neatly.

53 min
Walking · easy pace, 4 km/h
43 min
Brisk walking · 5.6 km/h
25 min
Cycling · moderate, 19 km/h
19 min
Running · 8 km/h

SOURCE·2024 Adult Compendium of Physical Activities·MET × 3.5 × 70 kg ÷ 200·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Calculated as MET × 3.5 × 70 kg ÷ 200 kcal per minute. Full working on the method page, and the whole activity dataset at BurnLab.

Where tomato rice sits in an Indian plate

Among the 18 rice dishes entries on this site, tomato rice ranks 16th for protein (2.4 g per 100 g) and 10th for energy density (143 kcal per 100 g). The protein leader in the group is mutton biryani at 8.5 g.

Protein supplies only 7% of its energy, so treat it as an energy food rather than a protein food. There is very little fibre here — 1.3 g per 100 g.

A realistic day matters more than any single dish. If you are building a meal, the thali builder adds several foods and their real servings together in one total.

Questions

How many calories are in 1 katori tomato rice?

About 229 kcal for 1 katori tomato rice, taken as 160 g (south indian style with 1 teaspoon of oil per serving). Two come to roughly 458 kcal and three to 686 kcal. Per 100 g, tomato rice carries 143 kcal.

How much protein is in tomato rice?

2.4 g per 100 g, which works out to 3.8 g in 1 katori tomato rice. That is 7% of the energy in this food, and ranks 16th of 18 in the rice dishes group on this site.

Is tomato rice good for weight loss?

At 143 kcal per 100 g it is mid-range — it fits a deficit if the portion is measured rather than eyeballed. Protein is low, so eat it alongside a protein source rather than on its own. No single food makes or breaks a diet; the total for the day does.

Why does this differ from other calorie sites?

Two reasons. First, most sites publish a per-100 g figure from a US database and leave you to guess what a roti or a katori weighs; this page states the serving weight up front. Second, home-cooked Indian food varies enormously with oil and ghee — the figures here assume south indian style with 1 teaspoon of oil per serving. A restaurant version can be 30 to 60% higher.

Where this number comes from

Recipe analysis from sourced ingredients. Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate — dietary fibre excluded and listed separately.

Recipe and finished weight: 50 g raw rice boiled, cooked through a masala of 35 g tomato in about 6 g of oil. Finished weight 160 g, one katori.

Confidence in the quantities: medium. There is a real assumption here about how much of something went in, but it sits inside a narrow normal range.

Source row: IFCT 2017 A015, Rice, raw, milled; IFCT 2017 D076, Tomato, ripe, local (Solanum lycopersicum). Energy on this row is the Atwater sum of the ingredients above, not an independent measurement, so it reconciles by construction — that is a property of the method and not evidence that the quantities are right. The ingredient weights are this site's assumption; the table rows behind each ingredient are not. Cooking fat is the largest single assumption here and is stated in the recipe rather than buried in the total.

Every food on this site carries this label. What each one means, and how many foods sit behind each, is set out on the method page.

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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