Curd calories
A 200 ml katori of plain curd set from whole milk has about 125 calories, with 7 g of protein and 7 g of fat. A 150 ml katori is about 95 and 100 g about 60. With a teaspoon of sugar stirred in, a 200 ml katori is about 145. Curd from toned milk has about two thirds of the fat.
Curd, dahi in most of north India, is milk set overnight with a spoon of the last batch. It's on the thali as it is, sweetened as meethi dahi, whisked into chaas and lassi, and stirred into raita and curd rice.
Curd has the calories of the milk it was set from, so the milk matters: full-cream, whole or toned. The numbers here are for whole milk.
Typical values for a home kitchen, for the portion named next to each number. Other sites often show bigger numbers because they count a bigger serving or a restaurant recipe. Your own katori, roti and oil change the number; Slate adjusts for them.
How many calories are in curd?
| Portion | Cals | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 katori (150 ml) about 156 g | 95 | 5 g | 7 g | 5 g |
| 1 katori (200 ml) about 208 g | 125 | 7 g | 10 g | 7 g |
| 100 g about 100 g | 60 | 3 g | 5 g | 3 g |
| 1 katori (250 ml) about 260 g | 160 | 9 g | 12 g | 8 g |
| 1 katori (200 ml), 1 tsp sugar about 208 g | 145 | 7 g | 14 g | 7 g |
What changes the calories in curd?
- The milk. Whole-milk curd is about 60 calories per 100 g; curd from toned milk has about two thirds of the fat, and full-cream buffalo-milk curd more.
- Sugar: a level teaspoon adds about 387 calories per 100 g of sugar, so about 15 to 20 per teaspoon, and most kitchen spoons are heaped.
- Hung curd and Greek-style curd are thicker, so a katori of them holds more milk solids and more calories.
- Packet curd marked as low fat or made from toned milk sits below these values; check the label.
- A katori is a volume: a 250 ml katori of curd is about 160, a 150 ml one about 95.
How were these numbers worked out?
IFCT 2017 has no entry for curd, so Slate values curd from USDA's plain whole-milk yogurt: 61 calories, 3.5 g of protein and 3.3 g of fat per 100 g, with nothing added in the plain rows. There is no recipe and no cooking: 100 g of curd is 100 g, and a katori is filled at 1.04 g per ml, USDA's 245 g per cup of yogurt, so a 200 ml katori is about 208 g and 125 calories. No cross-check is listed because the only analysed value for plain curd is the USDA yogurt the page already uses; IFCT 2017 and NIN have no plain curd entry with a stated weight, and Indian shop curd labels, 60 to 100 calories per 100 g depending on the milk, bracket it. No outside range is shown: curd served with a meal outside is the same curd. Every dish on Slate is worked out the same way: how Slate counts calories.
| Ingredient | Raw | Values from |
|---|---|---|
| Curd (dahi), whole milk | 100 g | USDA FDC 171284 |
Sources
- USDA FoodData Central, Yogurt, plain, whole milk (171284). 61 kcal, 3.47 g protein and 3.25 g fat per 100 g; 245 g per cup (236.6 ml)
- ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017. Sugar, for the sweetened katori; values read from github.com/nodef/ifct2017
Questions people ask
How many calories are in 1 katori of curd?
About 125 in a 200 ml katori of whole-milk curd, about 95 in a 150 ml one and about 160 in a 250 ml one.
How many calories are in 100 g of curd?
About 60 calories, with 3 g of protein and 3 g of fat, for curd set from whole milk.
How many calories are in curd with sugar?
About 145 for a 200 ml katori with a level teaspoon of sugar. Each extra teaspoon adds about the same again.
How much protein is in curd?
About 7 g in a 200 ml katori and 3 g per 100 g. Hung curd has more per katori because the water has been drained off.
Which has fewer calories, curd or milk?
They are about the same per 100 g, because curd is set from milk without adding anything: whole milk is about 73 calories per 100 ml and curd about 60 per 100 g. Toned milk and its curd are lower.