How many calories are in hoppers with sambol?
Three plain hoppers with a ladle of dhal and a spoon of pol sambol come to about 605 kcal. The hoppers are only 330 of that. The sambol looks like a garnish and is 110, because scraped coconut is mostly fat.
The plate, as served
Three plain hoppers, a ladle of tempered dhal, and two tablespoons of pol sambol.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 15g | 60 | 10% |
| Carbs | 80g | 320 | 53% |
| Fat | 25g | 225 | 37% |
| Fibre | 7g | counted within carbs | |
The ring is sized by calories, not grams: protein and carbs are 4 kcal a gram, fat is 9. Drawn by grams, fat would look like a sliver of what it actually contributes.
What is on the plate
| Hopper (appa) x3One plain hopper, about 55 g | 330 kcal |
| Dal, temperedA ladle, about 150 g | 165 kcal |
| Pol sambolTwo tablespoons, about 30 g | 110 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Five hoppers825+220
Nobody stops at three.
- With a fish curry as well795+190
The dinner version rather than the breakfast one.
- With an egg hopper685+80
One of the three gets an egg cracked into it. Cheap protein.
- Three plain hoppers, a ladle of tempered dhal, and two tablespoons of pol sambol.As served605
Where each number comes from
Composition tables list ingredients, not dinners. There is no row anywhere for this plate, so it is built from its parts, and the preparation assumed for each part is written next to it, because that assumption is usually worth more calories than the ingredient.
| Component | Portion and preparation | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Hopper (appa) x3 | One plain hopper, about 55 gFermented rice flour and coconut milk batter, cooked in a lightly oiled pan. | 330 |
| Dal, tempered | A ladle, about 150 gCooked toor or masoor dal with a tempering of oil, mustard seed and curry leaf. The tempering is most of the fat. | 165 |
| Pol sambol | Two tablespoons, about 30 gScraped fresh coconut with chilli, lime and onion. Small portion, dense calories, and it is on almost every plate. | 110 |
| Total | 605 | |
Sources: Sri Lankan Food Composition Database, Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR-NIN). Every figure is an estimate with a range around it, and is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal rather than pretending to a precision that does not exist.
Why you will see 200 to 800 kcal quoted for this
Hopper count, and whether the published figure includes the sambol and dhal that always come with them. A single plain hopper on its own is about 110 kcal.
Which is why this page shows the sum instead of asserting a total. Build the plate you actually eat and the number is yours rather than an average of strangers.
Build your own plateCommon questions
- How many calories are in a hopper?
- About 110 kcal for one plain hopper. The batter is rice flour and coconut milk, cooked in a lightly oiled pan.
- How many calories are in hoppers with sambol and dhal?
- About 605 kcal for three hoppers, a ladle of dhal and two tablespoons of pol sambol.
- Is pol sambol high in calories?
- For its size, yes. About 110 kcal in two tablespoons, because it is scraped fresh coconut. It is a small portion of a large plate and it is on nearly every one.
- Are hoppers good for weight loss?
- They portion themselves, which helps: one hopper is one hopper. What goes alongside them decides the meal.
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