How many calories in a chicken curry
A chicken curry with rice has about 409 kcal, with 19 g of protein.
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To burn it off
A chicken curry with rice is 409 kcal, with 49 g of carbs, 19 g of protein and 16 g of fat. The rice is most of the carbs, the sauce most of the fat.
Creamy ones like korma and tikka masala are richer, tomato based ones like jalfrezi or madras usually lighter. Homemade is often less again.
On a Friday takeaway it's the extras that add up. Naan, pilau rice, poppadoms and a bhaji can match the curry itself.
Tips
- 1Pick a tomato based curry over a creamy one.
- 2Share a naan instead of having one each.
- 3Go for plain boiled rice rather than pilau or egg fried.
Where it comes from
The word comes from kari, used in south Indian languages such as Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam for spiced sauces and dishes. Portuguese traders probably turned it into caril, and English had curry by the 1590s. In India there was never one dish called curry, it is an outsider's word for many very different sauces.
Where does our food come from? · Source: Online Etymology Dictionary
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Questions
Which curry is the lowest in calories?
Tomato based ones like jalfrezi or madras are usually lighter than korma or tikka masala.
How many calories in a curry without rice?
Less, as the rice is a fair part of the 409 kcal. A plate of rice alone is 260.
Is a homemade curry lower?
Usually, because you control the oil and the cream.
Is chicken thigh or breast lower in a curry?
Breast is a little leaner, so a curry made with thigh comes out slightly higher. The difference is small next to the sauce and the rice.
How many calories does cauliflower rice save?
A portion of cauliflower rice is about 40 kcal, against roughly 260 for boiled rice. Swap it in and a chicken curry comes to around 480.
