Indian food calories
Calories in Roti (whole wheat phulka) (रोटी / chapati)
1 medium roti (35 g) of roti (whole wheat phulka) has about 105 kcal. Per 100 g it provides 297 kcal, 9.8 g protein, 52 g carbohydrate and 5.5 g fat.
| Portion | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 medium roti (35 g) | 35 g | 105 kcal |
| 2 medium rotis (70 g) | 70 g | 210 kcal |
| 1 large tandoori roti (55 g) | 55 g | 165 kcal |
Macros per 100 g
| Energy | 297 kcal |
| Protein | 9.8 g |
| Carbohydrate | 52 g |
| Fat | 5.5 g |
| Fibre | 4.2 g |
What changes the number
The number that matters is the one after ghee. A dry 35 g phulka is about 105 kcal; brushing it with half a teaspoon of ghee adds roughly 20 kcal, so a four-roti dinner quietly becomes a five-roti dinner. Size drifts more than people expect too — a hotel or tandoori roti is often 55–70 g against the 35 g home phulka this figure assumes. If you are weighing nothing else, weigh your atta for a week; most people find their "one roti" is closer to 1.4.
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Where this number comes from
Primary source: MetaFit Indian Curated v1.0, entry chapati — the same dataset the MetaFit app logs against. Checked by MetaFit Nutrition Team on 2026-09-22.
Cross-checked against USDA FoodData Central (Bread, chapati or roti, whole wheat, commercially prepared), which gives 299 kcal per 100 g — effectively the same figure.
Home recipes vary, especially in oil and ghee.