Momos calories
One steamed veg momo, about 25 g, has about 40 calories, so a plate of 6 is about 245 before the chutney or mayonnaise. A plate of 8 is about 325, and 100 g about 165. Frying changes it most, and mayonnaise adds about 100 calories a tablespoon. A street plate of 6 runs about 245 steamed to 345 fried.
Momos are dumplings of thin maida dough filled with cabbage, carrot, onion and ginger, or with minced chicken, then pleated and steamed. They came from Tibet and Nepal through Darjeeling and Sikkim, and are now sold at street carts across north India, steamed, fried or tandoori.
The maida wrapper is about four fifths of a veg momo's calories. Frying adds a lot; the red chutney adds little, and mayonnaise adds a lot.
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 momos?
| Portion | Cals | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 momo (25 g) about 25 g | 40 | 1 g | 7 g | 1 g |
| 1 plate (6 momos) about 150 g | 245 | 6 g | 44 g | 4 g |
| 1 plate (8 momos) about 200 g | 325 | 9 g | 58 g | 6 g |
| 10 momos about 250 g | 405 | 11 g | 73 g | 7 g |
| 100 g about 100 g | 165 | 4 g | 29 g | 3 g |
How does home momos compare with outside?
Street carts sell momos steamed, fried, or tossed in sauce. Frying adds a lot: USDA's fried dumplings have about three times the fat of steamed ones. Mayonnaise on the side adds about 100 calories a tablespoon.
The range below runs from a steamed plate of 6 to the same plate fried, using USDA's figures for steamed and fried dumplings.
| Version | Cals | Fat |
|---|---|---|
| Home | 245 | 4 g |
| Street cart, steamed or fried | 245 to 345 | 4 to 16 g |
What changes the calories in momos?
- Fried or tandoori momos have much more fat than steamed ones.
- Mayonnaise adds about 100 calories a tablespoon; the red chilli-garlic chutney adds very little.
- Chicken momos are close per piece: USDA's steamed dumplings with meat are 113 calories per 100 g, against 125 without.
- Paneer and cheese momos have more fat in the filling.
How were these numbers worked out?
No standard textbook in the Indian Nutrient Databank has momos, so Slate uses a published dietitian's recipe from NephroPlus: 200 g of maida with 100 g each of cabbage and carrot, 25 g of spring onion and spices, cooked in 3 teaspoons of oil, counted as eaten, at IFCT 2017 values. The recipe's water is not stated, so 100 ml is assumed for a stiff dough, bringing the batch to about 554 g, 165 calories per 100 g. Each momo is taken as 25 g, the size USDA lists for a dumpling, so a plate of 6 is 150 g and 245 calories. USDA's survey dumpling without meat, 125 calories per 100 g, is 23% below these thicker-wrapped momos, so the page shows a range. The street range covers frying: USDA's fried dumpling carries about 7.7 g more fat per 100 g than a steamed one, about 12 g of oil for a plate. Every dish on Slate is worked out the same way: how Slate counts calories.
| Ingredient | Raw | Values from |
|---|---|---|
| Wheat flour, refined (maida) | 200 g | IFCT 2017 A018 |
| Water for the dough: an assumption, no calories | 100 g | no calories |
| Cabbage, green | 100 g | IFCT 2017 C015 |
| Carrot, orange | 100 g | IFCT 2017 F002 |
| Onion, big spring onion | 25 g | IFCT 2017 G017 |
| Ginger, fresh | 10 g | IFCT 2017 G014 |
| Garlic | 1.25 g | IFCT 2017 G011 |
| Chillies, green | 3.3 g | IFCT 2017 G008 |
| Black pepper | 1.2 g | IFCT 2017 G031 |
| Groundnut oil 3 teaspoons | 13.5 g | IFCT 2017 T005 |
USDA's steamed dumpling with no meat is about 125 calories per 100 g, below this page's 165, because its wrapper is thinner. A plate of 6 steamed veg momos is usually between about 190 and 245.
Sources
- NephroPlus, Vegetable steamed momos (dietitian recipe). Ingredients in grams
- ICMR-NIN, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017. Maida (A018), cabbage (C015), carrot (F002), onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli, black pepper, oil; values read from github.com/nodef/ifct2017
- USDA FoodData Central, FNDDS Dumpling, no meat (2708344). 125 kcal and 3.37 g fat per 100 g; 25 g per item
- USDA FoodData Central, FNDDS Wonton, dumpling or pot sticker, fried, no meat (2708706). 192 kcal and 11.1 g fat per 100 g
- USDA FoodData Central, FNDDS Wonton, dumpling or pot sticker, steamed (2708708). 113 kcal per 100 g, with meat
Questions people ask
How many calories are in 1 momo?
About 40 for a 25 g steamed veg momo.
How many calories are in a plate of momos?
About 245 for 6 steamed veg momos, 325 for 8 and 405 for 10, before chutney or mayonnaise.
How many calories are in fried momos?
About 345 for a plate of 6 fried, against 245 steamed.
How much protein is in momos?
About 6 g in a plate of 6 veg momos. Chicken momos have more.