PlateDiary.
Menu
Get PlateDiary
  1. PlateDiary
  2. Calories
  3. Indian food
  4. Masala dosa

Calories · Indian

Calories in masala dosa

A typical restaurant serving of masala dosa (one restaurant masala dosa with its spiced potato filling, before sambar and chutney, about 267 g) is about 490 calories, usually 210–960.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called masala dosai, potato dosa.

~490
Masala dosa

The usual range

Drawn on one 0–2,000 scale shared by every dish page, so plates compare at a glance.

Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein15 g
  • Carbs82 g
  • Fat11 g

One serving

Serving
one restaurant masala dosa with its spiced potato filling, before sambar and chutney
Weight
~267 g
Per 100 g
~184

The dish

About masala dosa

A masala dosa is a crisp fermented rice-and-lentil crepe folded around spiced potato. USDA lists a medium filled dosa at 267 g and about 184 per 100 g, so one is about 490 before the sambar and chutney that come with it.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Masala dosa · rough numbers

  • Small dosa~210
  • Medium dosa~490
  • Medium dosa with a cup of sambar~700
  • Large paper dosa~960

What moves the number

Why one plate is 210 and another 960

  • Size: paper dosas can be twice as big
  • Ghee or butter brushed on the crepe
  • The potato masala inside
  • A cup of sambar (about 210) and coconut chutney on the side

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for it without ghee
  • Share a paper dosa
  • Have plain dosa with sambar

Side by side

Next to other Indian dishes

Indian · typical restaurant servingAll about Indian food →

  • Palak paneer~300one restaurant bowl of palak paneer, before rice or naan · usually 200–400
  • 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
  • Masala dosa~490one restaurant masala dosa with its spiced potato filling, before sambar and chutney · usually 210–960
  • 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

In PlateDiary

A rough number for the dishes you save — only if you want one.

Off unless you turn them on

Calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and, when PlateDiary AI reads your photo of the table, each dish gets one rough “~” number. Accept it or change it; a number you correct is remembered for that dish. With Calories off, the app looks exactly as it did before.

A read sends small pictures of the cut-out dishes, with the place's name as a hint — never the table photo, faces or your location. Calorie numbers never go to analytics, and nothing is written to a health app. PlateDiary AI starts with free tries; here is how it works.

Get PlateDiary

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.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

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

  1. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Dosa, with filling (1 medium, 267 g), FDC 2709129
  2. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Dosa, plain, FDC 2708347
  3. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Sambar, vegetable stew (1 cup, 248 g), FDC 2707430
  4. USDA FoodData Central (Branded Foods) — Deep Foods masala dosa with coconut chutney, label values, FDC 2396366

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in masala dosa?

A typical restaurant serving of masala dosa (one restaurant masala dosa with its spiced potato filling, before sambar and chutney, about 267 g) is about 490 calories, usually 210–960. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in one masala dosa?

About 490 for a medium restaurant dosa with filling. A small one is about 210; a large paper dosa can reach about 960.

How many calories are in masala dosa with sambar?

About 700: roughly 490 for the dosa and about 210 for a cup of sambar.

Is masala dosa healthy?

It is a fermented, mostly plant-based meal with about 15 g of protein. Ghee, size and the potato filling decide how heavy it is.

What changes the calories in masala dosa?

Size: paper dosas can be twice as big. Ghee or butter brushed on the crepe.

How can I order masala dosa lighter?

Ask for it without ghee. Share a paper dosa.

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.