Calories by quantity and serving size
| Amount | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 samosa (about 75 g) | 75 g | 235 kcal | 3 g | 24 g | 14.5 g |
| 2 x samosa (about 75 g) | 150 g | 470 kcal | 6 g | 48 g | 28.5 g |
| 3 x samosa (about 75 g) | 225 g | 705 kcal | 9.5 g | 72 g | 43 g |
| 1 small samosa (about 50 g) | 50 g | 155 kcal | 2 g | 16 g | 9.5 g |
| 1 cocktail samosa (about 25 g) | 25 g | 80 kcal | 1 g | 8 g | 5 g |
| 100 g (a large samosa) | 100 g | 315 kcal | 4 g | 32 g | 19 g |
How cooking and toppings change the calories
| Version | Calories | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 samosa (about 75 g) (as above) | 235 kcal | 3 g | 14.5 g |
| 1 samosa that soaked up 8 g more oil (closer to street-stall samosas) | 305 kcal | 3 g | 22.5 g |
| 1 samosa with 1 cup chai (75 ml milk, 2 tsp sugar) | 315 kcal | 5.5 g | 16.5 g |
Nutrition facts for 1 samosa (about 75 g)
| Nutrient | 1 samosa (about 75 g) | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 235 kcal | 315 kcal |
| Protein | 3 g | 4 g |
| Carbohydrates | 24 g | 32 g |
| Fat | 14.5 g | 19 g |
| Fibre | 1.5 g | 2 g |
| Sugars | 0.5 g | 1 g |
| Sodium | 2 mg | 3 mg |
| Potassium | 185 mg | 247 mg |
| Calcium | 6 mg | 8 mg |
| Iron | 0.4 mg | 0.6 mg |
Is samosa good for weight loss?
A samosa is one of the more calorie-dense Indian snacks: about 235 kcal for a medium one, mostly from refined flour and frying oil, with only 3 g of protein. With so little protein, it is easy to eat two.
You do not have to give it up. Treat it as an occasional snack, have one rather than two, and count it in your day. Samosa with a cup of chai is about 315 kcal, which is the size of a small meal. If you have heart disease or high cholesterol, ask your doctor how often fried snacks suit you.
Tips to keep samosa lighter
- Bake or air-fry at home. The filling stays the same, and you skip most of the frying oil that a deep-fried samosa soaks up.
- Share it. Half a samosa with chai satisfies the craving for much less.
- Shop samosas can be heavier. Street samosas tested in Delhi had about 29 g of fat per 100 g, and some of the frying oils sampled were high in trans fats (Gupta et al., 2016).
- See what it costs you. Use the steps to calories calculator to see how much walking a samosa takes, and the calorie deficit calculator to fit it into your day.
1 samosa me kitni calorie hoti hai? Ek medium aloo samosa (75 g) mein lagbhag 235 kcal aur 14.5 g fat hota hai. Chai ke saath yeh 315 kcal tak pahunch jaata hai.
Samosa compared
| Food (per 100 g) | Calories | Protein | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samosa | 315 kcal | 4 g | - |
| Poha | 185 kcal | 3 g | A plate of poha has similar calories to one medium samosa but about half the fat. |
| Makhana | 360 kcal | 8.5 g | Makhana is very light, so a typical bowl weighs far less than a samosa and has fewer calories, with little fat if dry-roasted. |
How we calculated these numbers
Calculated from a standard home recipe (10 medium aloo samosas, 750 g cooked) using USDA FoodData Central values for each ingredient.
Standard recipe (10 medium aloo samosas): Dough: 200 g maida is rubbed with 30 g of oil and kneaded stiff with about 80 ml of water. Filling: 400 g boiled potato and 50 g peas are cooked in 10 g of oil with cumin, ginger, green chilli, coriander, amchur and garam masala. Ten samosas are shaped and deep-fried on a medium flame. We assume each samosa absorbs about 10 g of frying oil and that the batch weighs 750 g after frying, 75 g a samosa, as water from the dough steams off. That puts the finished samosa at about 19% fat, close to the 18.3% oil measured in a laboratory-made potato samosa (Sakhale et al., 2011) and to USDA's survey entry 'Samosa' (FDC 2708730) at 17.5 g fat and 310 kcal per 100 g. Samosas bought from street vendors in Delhi measured more, about 29 g of fat per 100 g (Gupta et al., 2016), so many shop samosas will be above this page. Samosas weighed in two Indian studies ranged from about 47 g to 79 g each (Gupta et al., 2016; Diksha and Modgil, 2020), which is why we use 75 g as a medium samosa. Spices and salt are left out.
- Maida (refined wheat flour): 200 g
- Oil rubbed into the dough (moyan), about 2 tbsp: 30 g
- Boiled potato: 400 g
- Green peas: 50 g
- Oil for cooking the filling, about 2 tsp: 10 g
- Frying oil absorbed, about 10 g per samosa: 100 g
Calories are rounded to the nearest 5 kcal and macros to the nearest 0.5 g. Home cooking varies, mostly in portion size and oil, so treat these as good estimates rather than exact values. The text on this page was drafted with AI assistance and checked by the Calo AI Team; every number is calculated from the data above. Read more in how we calculate.