Dal tadka calories and macros

One katori of dal tadka (150 g) has roughly 180 calories, with about 9 g protein, 24 g carbohydrate, and 5.5 g fat. Dal tadka is the everyday restaurant and home dal: toor (or a toor and moong mix) cooked soft, then finished with a tempering of ghee, cumin, garlic, and chilli. The lentils themselves are light, around 110 calories a katori, and the tadka is what lifts the number. A light home tempering keeps it near 150, a standard one lands at 180, and a restaurant dal fry with a generous ghee tadka crosses 220. That single spoon of ghee is the whole difference, since it adds about 45 calories on its own. Dal tadka is one of the better everyday choices: high in plant protein and fibre for its calories, filling, and cheap. The honest advice is the same as for every dal, count the ghee in the tadka rather than assuming the lentils tell the whole story.