Roti calories: how many in 1, 2, 3 or 4 chapatis
Roti and chapati are the same bread, so this page gives one honest number for both — and the plate totals for the meals you actually eat them with. Every figure below is the same chart your ForgeFitWithSidd food log uses.
The short answer
One medium roti made from roughly 30 g of atta and cooked without oil is about 96 calories, with 3.2 g protein, 19.3 g carbs and 0.4 g fat. Two rotis is 192, three is 288, four is 384.
Nothing else on the plate moves that number as much as the size of the roti itself. A chapati rolled from 45 g of atta is about 144 calories — so four of those is 576, close to a restaurant meal, while still looking like "just roti".
Calories per number of rotis
All cooked dry, no oil or ghee in the pan. The last two lines are the basis for the rest — weigh the batch and the count stops mattering.
| Serving | How it was measured | kcal | P (g) | C (g) | F (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 roti | medium, from 30 g atta, cooked dry | 96 | 3.2 | 19.3 | 0.4 |
| 2 rotis | two medium rotis, cooked dry | 192 | 6.4 | 38.6 | 0.8 |
| 3 rotis | three medium rotis, cooked dry | 288 | 9.6 | 57.9 | 1.2 |
| 4 rotis | four medium rotis, cooked dry | 384 | 12.8 | 77.2 | 1.6 |
| 1 large roti | from 45 g atta, cooked dry | 144 | 4.8 | 28.9 | 0.6 |
| 1 thick roti | from 40 g atta, cooked dry | 128 | 4.2 | 25.7 | 0.5 |
| 1 roti + 1 tsp ghee | medium roti plus 5 g ghee | 141 | 3.2 | 19.3 | 5.4 |
| 100 g atta (dry) | 100 g | 320 | 10.6 | 64.2 | 1.3 |
What changes the number most
- Atta per roti. 30 g is a medium chapati, 45 g is a large one — that alone is the difference between 96 and 144 calories.
- Ghee or oil. A teaspoon of ghee adds about 45 calories. Brushed on three rotis, that is roughly 135 calories nobody logged.
- Stuffing and frying. An aloo paratha is 290 calories, and it is not the same food as a plain roti even though both start as atta.
- What goes with it. Dal, sabzi, curd and pickle each add their own calories — the plate total is the number that decides whether you are in a deficit.
The most accurate way to log rotis: weigh your atta for the whole batch, divide by the number of rotis it made, and you know your household's real number permanently. Do it once — kitchens vary far more than the charts admit.
Roti with sabzi, dal or curd
The number that matters at the end of a meal is the plate, not the bread.
| Serving | How it was measured | kcal | P (g) | C (g) | F (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 rotis + 1 katori sabzi | 2 roti + 1 katori sabzi | 380 | 9.9 | 57.9 | 12 |
| 2 rotis + 1 katori dal tadka | two rotis with 180 g dal | 372 | 15.4 | 60.6 | 6.7 |
| 3 rotis + 1 katori dal tadka | three rotis with 180 g dal | 468 | 18.6 | 79.9 | 7.1 |
| 2 rotis + 100 g curd | two rotis with plain curd | 253 | 9.9 | 43.3 | 4.1 |
Roti beside the alternatives
Same chart, same serving logic — so you can swap without guessing.
| Serving | How it was measured | kcal | P (g) | C (g) | F (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 medium roti | 1 medium roti | 96 | 3.2 | 19.3 | 0.4 |
| 100 g cooked rice | about 33 g raw rice — it roughly triples in weight | 119 | 2.6 | 26.1 | 0.2 |
| 1 katori dal tadka | 1 katori (180 g) | 180 | 9 | 22 | 5.9 |
| 1 bowl poha | 1 bowl (200 g) | 270 | 6 | 46 | 5 |
| 2 idli with sambar | 2 idli + sambar | 250 | 9 | 45 | 4 |
| 1 masala dosa | 1 dosa with potato | 330 | 7 | 48 | 12 |
| 1 aloo paratha | 1 paratha (120 g) | 290 | 7 | 40 | 11 |
Read this as: roti is not the thing making your plate heavy. Two rotis is fewer calories than a single bowl of poha, and the bread brings more protein per calorie than rice does. The calorie gap between kitchens comes from ghee, oil and portion size.
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Roti brings carbs, not protein
A roti has 3.2 g of protein. Four rotis is under 13 g — a long way from most people's daily target. That is not a criticism of roti, it is a reason to put something else beside it every meal: curd, dal plus curd, paneer, eggs or chicken. The protein rows in the Indian food calories chart are worth reading once and keeping in mind.
The two full charts
Staples, dals, dairy, cooked dishes and cooking fats are in the Indian food calories chart. Samosa, pakora, pani puri, vada pav, namkeen and mithai are in the separate Indian snacks calories chart.
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