How many calories are in chicken kottu roti?
A standard plate of chicken kottu is about 615 kcal. That puts it level with a plate of rice and curry, which comes to 645, so the reputation kottu has as the heavy order does not survive the arithmetic. It also brings 16 g of fibre, from the leeks and cabbage chopped through it.
The plate, as served
A standard plate, about 350 g: godhamba roti chopped on the griddle with chicken, egg, leeks and cabbage.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 23g | 92 | 17% |
| Carbs | 51g | 204 | 37% |
| Fat | 29g | 261 | 47% |
| Fibre | 16g | 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
| Chicken kottuA standard plate, about 350 g | 615 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- With a beer alongside830+215
The usual late version. The beer is 215 of the 830.
- With a spoon of pol sambol725+110
Coconut, so it costs more than it looks: 110.
- A standard plate, about 350 g: godhamba roti chopped on the griddle with chicken, egg, leeks and cabbage.As served615
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken kottu | A standard plate, about 350 gGodhamba roti chopped on the griddle with chicken, egg, leeks and cabbage. The database figure is per 100 g; the 350 g plate is our own reading of a standard portion. | 615 |
| Total | 615 | |
Sources: Sri Lankan Food Composition Database. 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 400 to 1000 kcal quoted for this
Plate size, and what went in with the roti. Cheese kottu and a double-meat plate are different foods from this one, and neither is a small change.
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 chicken kottu?
- About 615 for a standard 350 g plate. The Sri Lankan Food Composition Database puts chicken kottu at 176 kcal per 100 g, and the plate size is the thing that moves it.
- Is kottu worse than rice and curry?
- No, and the gap runs the other way on fibre. Kottu is 615 against 645 for a plate of rice and curry, and it carries 16 g of fibre against 9.
- Why does kottu have so much fibre?
- The vegetables chopped through it. Leeks and cabbage go in by volume rather than as a garnish, and they survive the griddle.
- What makes a kottu heavy?
- The plate size first, then cheese. A cheese kottu is a different order rather than a variation, and the beer beside it is another 215.
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