Egg curry calories
Egg curry has about 185 calories per egg with its share of gravy, so 2 eggs come to about 365 and 3 to about 550. Each egg is about 70; the oil in the masala is the other big part, about 40 a teaspoon. Dhaba egg curry with 2 eggs, cooked in more oil, runs about 445 to 525.
Egg curry is hard-boiled eggs simmered in an onion and tomato masala with ginger, garlic and ground coriander. Bengali dim kosha fries the eggs first, South Indian muttai kuzhambu adds tamarind or coconut, and dhaba anda curry is often oilier and spicier.
The egg itself is a little over a third of the calories here. The oil in the masala is more, so the gravy matters as much as the number of eggs.
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 egg curry?
| Portion | Cals | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 egg with gravy about 150 g | 185 | 8 g | 6 g | 14 g |
| 2 eggs with gravy about 300 g | 365 | 16 g | 12 g | 28 g |
| 3 eggs with gravy about 450 g | 550 | 24 g | 17 g | 43 g |
| 100 g about 100 g | 120 | 5 g | 4 g | 9 g |
How does home egg curry compare with outside?
Dhaba and restaurant egg curry usually comes with two eggs in a bowl, often fried before they go into the gravy, with more oil in the masala.
No lab has measured it, so the range below assumes 1.5 to 2 times the oil of this recipe for two eggs.
| Version | Cals | Fat |
|---|---|---|
| Home | 365 | 28 g |
| Dhaba or restaurant | 445 to 525 | 37 to 46 g |
What changes the calories in egg curry?
- Each egg adds about 70 calories on its own, with about 7 g of protein.
- Oil is the other big part. Each teaspoon in the masala adds about 40 calories.
- Frying the eggs first adds a little more oil; coconut milk in the gravy adds about 140 calories per 60 g.
- Egg bhurji and omelettes are counted by their eggs and the oil in the pan.
How were these numbers worked out?
The recipe is the egg curry in Basic Food Preparation (via the Indian Nutrient Databank): 1 egg with 50 g of tomato, 30 g of onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli and ground coriander, cooked in 2 teaspoons of oil, counted as eaten, at IFCT 2017 values. The egg is 50 g without its shell, as the databank counts it; ICMR-NIN's boiled egg at 90 calories implies a larger egg of about 60 g. The ingredients added together weigh about 150 g, so one egg with its gravy is the whole recipe, 185 calories, and 100 g of the curry is 120. No analysed egg curry exists in IFCT 2017, NIN or USDA FNDDS, so there is no cross-check beyond the egg itself. Dhabas often fry the boiled eggs and use more oil in the masala, so the outside range uses 1.5 to 2 times this recipe's oil. Every dish on Slate is worked out the same way: how Slate counts calories.
| Ingredient | Raw | Values from |
|---|---|---|
| Egg, hen, whole, raw 1 egg, without shell | 50 g | IFCT 2017 M001 |
| Tomato, ripe, hybrid | 50 g | IFCT 2017 D075 |
| Onion, big | 30 g | IFCT 2017 G017 |
| Ginger, fresh | 3 g | IFCT 2017 G014 |
| Garlic | 1.25 g | IFCT 2017 G011 |
| Chillies, green | 3.3 g | IFCT 2017 G008 |
| Coriander leaves | 1 g | IFCT 2017 G009 |
| Coriander seeds (dhania) | 1.8 g | IFCT 2017 G024 |
| Turmeric powder | 0.75 g | IFCT 2017 G033 |
| Groundnut oil 2 teaspoons | 9 g | IFCT 2017 T005 |
Sources
- ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017. Egg, poultry, whole, raw (M001) and boiled (M004), tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli, coriander, turmeric, oil; values read from github.com/nodef/ifct2017
- Vijayakumar et al., Indian Nutrient Databank (INDB), Current Developments in Nutrition, 2024. Basic Food Preparation recipe BFP240, egg curry
- ICMR-NIN, Dietary Guidelines for Indians: A Manual (2011). Annexure 8: boiled egg 90 kcal
- USDA FoodData Central, Nuts, coconut milk, raw (170172). Coconut milk, 230 kcal per 100 g
Questions people ask
How many calories are in egg curry with 2 eggs?
About 365 for 2 eggs with their gravy, and about 550 for 3.
How much protein is in egg curry?
About 8 g for each egg with its gravy, so about 16 g for 2 eggs.
How many calories are in egg curry and rice?
Two eggs with gravy are about 365, and a 200 ml katori of plain rice adds about 160.
How many calories are in 100 g of egg curry?
About 120 for this recipe.