Masala dosa calories and macros

One medium restaurant masala dosa (about 150 g with the potato filling) has roughly 250 calories, with about 5.6 g protein, 39 g carbohydrate, and 8.2 g fat. The dosa is a fermented rice and urad dal crepe, so most of the calories are carbohydrate, and the fat is almost entirely about how much oil hits the tava. This is where published numbers scatter from 106 to 387 for the same dish name: a small no-oil home dosa is genuinely near 130 calories, while a large restaurant paper dosa cooked in ghee crosses 350. Fermentation is the quiet upside, it lifts B vitamins and makes the batter easier to digest than plain rice. The potato filling adds carbohydrate and potassium but little protein, which is why a masala dosa is a light meal, not a high protein one. Pair it with sambar to add both protein and fibre.