How many calories are in string hoppers with curry?
Five string hoppers with a fish curry, a mallung and pol sambol come to about 570 kcal. The hoppers are 175 of that. They are steamed with no fat at all, which makes them one of the leanest starches on any plate on this site.
The plate, as served
Five string hoppers, a ladle of fish curry, a spoon of mallung and two tablespoons of pol sambol.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 27g | 108 | 19% |
| Carbs | 53g | 212 | 38% |
| Fat | 27g | 243 | 43% |
| Fibre | 8g | 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
| Fish curryA ladle, about 150 g | 190 kcal |
| String hoppersFive, about 100 g | 175 kcal |
| Pol sambolTwo tablespoons, about 30 g | 110 kcal |
| Mallung (shredded greens with coconut)About 80 g | 95 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Ten string hoppers745+175
A full plate rather than a half one. Five is not usually where it stops.
- With a coconut milk gravy685+115
Kiri hodi poured over. Sixty millilitres of thick coconut milk is 115 kcal.
- Five string hoppers, a ladle of fish curry, a spoon of mallung and two tablespoons of pol sambol.As served570
- With dhal instead of fish curry545-25
The everyday version, and it is barely different in calories.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fish curry | A ladle, about 150 gCoconut milk based, home portion of oil. | 190 |
| String hoppers | Five, about 100 gSteamed red or white rice flour, no fat added in cooking. | 175 |
| 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 |
| Mallung (shredded greens with coconut) | About 80 gGreens stir-cooked with scraped fresh coconut. The coconut is most of the calories and all of the point. | 95 |
| Total | 570 | |
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 200 to 800 kcal quoted for this
Hopper count again. Five and fifteen are both normal servings, and each string hopper is about 35 kcal, so the count is the whole story.
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 string hopper?
- About 35 kcal each. They are steamed rice flour with nothing added, which is why they are so light.
- How many calories are in string hoppers with curry?
- About 570 kcal for five with a fish curry, mallung and pol sambol. Ten hoppers takes it to about 745.
- Are string hoppers healthier than rice?
- Per gram they are similar. The useful difference is that they come in countable units, so a portion is easier to judge than a spoonful of rice.
- What is kiri hodi and how many calories is it?
- A thin coconut milk gravy served over string hoppers. About 115 kcal for 60 ml of the thick milk it is made from.
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