Dal makhani calories and macros

One katori of dal makhani (150 g, restaurant style) has roughly 220 calories, with about 7.4 g protein, 19.1 g carbohydrate, and 13 g fat. Dal makhani is slow cooked whole urad dal and a little rajma, finished with butter and cream, and that finish is where almost all the variation lives. Published figures for this dish range from 90 to 300 calories a serving, which is not measurement error, it is different recipes wearing the same name. A homestyle version with a light hand on the butter lands near 170 calories a katori. A dhaba version, where butter is the point, crosses 285. The lentils themselves contribute only about 88 of the 220 calories here; the remaining 132 come from butter, cream, and oil. If you want a lighter dal makhani, the dal is not the problem.