Soya chaap calories and macros
Real numbers for 1 katori (150 g), calculated from a stated recipe. We show our work below.
One katori of soya chaap masala (150 g, restaurant style gravy) has roughly 226 calories, with about 9.2 g protein, 14.8 g carbohydrate, and 14.4 g fat. Soya chaap is worth a correction: it is widely described as a protein powerhouse, but a katori of the gravy dish holds only about 75 g of actual chaap, and plain chaap sticks measure close to 106 to 110 calories and 10 g protein per 100 g across every brand label we checked. So a katori gives you around 9 g of protein, not the 18 g often quoted. It is still a good vegetarian protein, just not a spectacular one once the gravy is counted. The preparation matters far more than the chaap: dry tandoori chaap lands near 175 calories a katori, while malai chaap crosses 300 because of the cream, cashew, and butter.
226calories
Protein
9.2 g
Carbs
14.8 g
Fat
14.4 g
How we calculated this
- Soya chaap sticks75 g
- Onion and tomato masala base40 g
- Cooking oil8 ml
- Fresh cream (25% fat)10 ml
- Cashew paste5 g
- Spices, salt, aromaticstrace
Restaurant style gravy. Chaap stick values are anchored to packaged product labels, which agree closely with each other at roughly 106 to 110 kcal and 10 g protein per 100 g.
Ingredient values from USDA FoodData Central. Chaap stick values cross checked against four packaged brand labels. Cross referenced against IFCT 2017 (ICMR-NIN).
Confidence: medium
How the preparation changes it
| Preparation | Calories | Protein (g) | Carbs (g) | Fat (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tandoori soya chaap (dry)More chaap, no gravy, yogurt marinade and a brush of oil. | 175 | 11.7 | 14.1 | 7.4 |
| Soya chaap masala (gravy)The standard restaurant preparation. This is the headline number. | 226 | 9.2 | 14.8 | 14.4 |
| Malai soya chaapCream, cashew, butter and malai. Nearly double the tandoori. | 300 | 11.4 | 12.2 | 21.6 |
Common questions
How much protein is actually in soya chaap?
About 9.2 g per katori of the gravy dish. Plain chaap sticks are roughly 10 g protein per 100 g, and a katori of masala holds around 75 g of chaap. The commonly quoted 18 to 20 g figure describes 200 g of plain sticks, not a serving of the finished dish.
Is soya chaap good for weight loss?
The chaap itself is reasonable. The gravy decides it. Tandoori chaap is 175 calories a katori, malai chaap is 300. Same dish name, nearly double the calories.
Why do other apps get soya chaap wrong?
Most calorie databases have no entry for it, so it gets logged as generic soy protein or tofu. That misses the maida in the stick and the oil and cream in the gravy, and it overstates the protein.
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