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Calories in chicken korma

A typical restaurant serving of chicken korma (one restaurant curry, no rice, about 350 g) is about 440 calories, usually 400–900.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called korma, chicken korma curry.

~440
Chicken korma

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein51 g
  • Carbs16 g
  • Fat18 g

One serving

Serving
one restaurant curry, no rice
Weight
~350 g
Per 100 g
~127

The dish

About chicken korma

Korma is chicken in a mild sauce of yogurt, cream and ground almonds or cashews. This value is a home-style one; restaurant kormas made with more cream and nuts run higher, so the range is wide.

What moves the number

Why one plate is 400 and another 900

  • Cream, ghee and ground nuts in the sauce
  • Sugar in British-style kormas
  • Rice and naan alongside

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Share the curry and order a vegetable dish
  • Have plain rice, not pilau
  • Split one naan

Side by side

Next to other Indian dishes

Indian · typical restaurant servingAll about Indian food →

  • Samosa~310one large restaurant samosa · usually 200–400
  • Dal~350one restaurant bowl, about a cup · usually 250–600
  • Chicken korma~440one restaurant curry, no rice · usually 400–900
  • Lamb rogan josh~520one restaurant curry, no rice · usually 400–900
  • Tandoori chicken~540half a tandoori chicken, meat off the bone · usually 250–800
  • Naan~550one whole 10-inch restaurant naan · usually 260–750
  • Chicken vindaloo~670one restaurant curry, no rice · usually 450–1,000
  • Chicken biryani~730one takeaway or restaurant portion · usually 500–1,100
  • Butter chicken with rice~790one serving of butter chicken with one cup of rice · usually 600–1,100
  • Chicken tikka masala~800one curry with about 200 g of plain rice · usually 600–1,300

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

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AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Curry, chicken korma, homemade, code 19-565
  2. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Sauce, Indian cook in, korma/tikka masala, code 17-626

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in chicken korma?

A typical restaurant serving of chicken korma (one restaurant curry, no rice, about 350 g) is about 440 calories, usually 400–900. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is korma a light curry?

Mild, and this home-style one is about 440 for 350 g, but restaurant kormas made with more cream and nuts run toward 900.

Is korma lighter than tikka masala?

This home-style korma (about 440) comes in under chicken tikka masala curry alone (about 540), but a creamy restaurant korma can pass it.

What changes the calories in chicken korma?

Cream, ghee and ground nuts in the sauce. Sugar in British-style kormas.

How can I order chicken korma lighter?

Share the curry and order a vegetable dish. Have plain rice, not pilau.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.