How many calories are in a samosa?
One potato samosa is about 235 kcal. Thirteen grams of it are fat, which is close to half the energy in the thing, and almost none of that came from the potato.
The plate, as served
One potato samosa, about 75 g, deep fried.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 4g | 16 | 7% |
| Carbs | 25g | 100 | 43% |
| Fat | 13g | 117 | 50% |
| Fibre | 1g | 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
| Samosa, potato filledOne samosa, about 75 g | 235 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Two with a chickpea curry over them665+430
Samosa chaat, roughly. It brings 9 g of fibre with it.
- Two, with a spoon of raita or chutney515+280
The usual order, and the point where it stops being a snack.
- One with a milky tea425+190
The afternoon version. The drink is 190 of it.
- One potato samosa, about 75 g, deep fried.As served235
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Samosa, potato filled | One samosa, about 75 gSpiced potato in a wheat pastry, deep fried. Over half the calories are the frying rather than the filling. | 235 |
| Total | 235 | |
Sources: USDA FoodData Central. 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 150 to 400 kcal quoted for this
Size above all. A street samosa and a supermarket one are not the same object, and a meat filling adds again on top of the pastry.
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 samosa?
- About 235 for a potato samosa of roughly 75 g. Two with a spoon of raita come to 515.
- Why is a samosa so calorie dense for its size?
- It is fried, and pastry drinks oil. Thirteen of its 235 kcal are fat, which is about half. The spiced potato inside is the cheap part.
- Can a samosa fit in a calorie deficit?
- One can, easily. Two with chutney at 515 is most of a meal, so the honest way to have them is as lunch rather than as something alongside lunch.
- Is a baked samosa much lighter?
- Yes, and it is a different food. The frying is where most of the fat comes from, so anything not deep fried lands well below this figure.
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