Short answer: one homemade anda paratha, roughly 90 to 100 grams with a single egg and a little oil on the tawa, has about 220-280 calories. Per 100 grams, expect 250-300 kcal. Dhaba and restaurant versions run 300-400, because the ghee goes in with a much heavier hand.
An anda paratha is a paratha that traded some of its dough for egg. Beaten egg, often mixed with onion, green chilli and coriander, gets slipped into the layers before the paratha goes back on the tawa. The dough is the same whole wheat atta as a plain paratha, so where yours lands comes down to three things: the egg, the fat, and the size of the paratha.
One large egg adds roughly 70 calories and 6 grams of complete protein, per USDA FoodData Central. One teaspoon of ghee adds about 40 calories. That is why the same anda paratha can land at 230 on your home tawa and 350 at a dhaba: the dhaba version uses more ghee, sometimes a second egg, and the paratha itself is bigger.
Anda paratha calories and macros
| Version | Portion | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homemade, 1 egg, light oil | 1 piece (~95 g) | 220-280 | 8-10 g | 28-32 g | 8-11 g |
| Homemade, 1 egg, 1 tsp ghee on top | 1 piece (~95 g) | 260-320 | 8-10 g | 28-32 g | 12-16 g |
| Homemade, 2 eggs | 1 piece (~120 g) | 280-360 | 13-15 g | 28-34 g | 11-15 g |
| Dhaba / restaurant, ghee heavy | 1 piece | 300-400 | 9-13 g | 35-45 g | 14-22 g |
| Average | 100 g | 250-300 | 8-11 g | 28-34 g | 9-14 g |
These line up with real recipes. Swasthi's egg paratha recipe comes out at 222 kcal, 9 g protein and 6 g fat per piece. A richer version at Rachna Cooks hits 334 kcal and 19 g fat. The EveryBite estimate sits at 250-300 kcal and 10-12 g protein. The spread between them is exactly the fat story: light hands with oil land near 220, generous ghee near 350. Ranges beat single numbers here because no two tawas pour the same.
The egg is doing real work
This is what separates anda paratha from the rest of the paratha family. A plain paratha gives you 150-220 kcal with 4-5 g of protein. Swapping in one egg keeps the calories in the same neighbourhood but roughly doubles the protein to 8-10 g. That matters at breakfast, where protein is what keeps you full until lunch. Two eggs push a single paratha to 13-15 g of protein, which is a genuine meal's worth.
If you are thinking about the cholesterol in the yolk, one egg a day is not the concern it used to be. The American Heart Association's dietary guidance allows up to one egg a day for healthy people. The thing to watch in an anda paratha is still the ghee, not the egg.
How to track it in seconds
In CalsFlow, type:
"2 anda parathas, dhaba style, with chai"
You get the calorie and macro estimate plus the assumptions behind it: the piece weight it guessed, the egg count, the ghee allowance. If your cook used 2 eggs instead of 1, say so and the number moves with it. Dhaba breakfast with a sweet chai? The chai gets its own honest estimate, and the full chai calories breakdown shows why doodh patti deserves one. For the broader playbook, our guide to counting calories in Pakistani and desi food covers the same honest-entry approach across the whole cuisine.
Making anda paratha work in a diet
Nothing about anda paratha is off the table. The moves that matter: brush the oil on the tawa instead of pouring it, measure your ghee for one day so you know what your spoon actually adds, and treat the second egg as a protein upgrade rather than a freebie. Two dhaba anda parathas with a milky chai can run 700-800 before you have had lunch, and nobody plans for that.
The simplest version is also the best one: one homemade anda paratha with dahi, eaten slowly. You get your 8-10 g of protein, the fiber from the whole wheat, and a number you can actually stand behind.
FAQs
How many calories are in 1 anda paratha? About 220-280 kcal for a homemade one-egg piece (~95 g) cooked in light oil. Dhaba and restaurant versions cooked heavy with ghee run 300-400.
How many calories are in 2 anda parathas? Roughly 440-560 kcal homemade with light oil, up to 700-800 for two ghee-heavy dhaba parathas. The fat is the whole story at two pieces.
How much protein is in an anda paratha? 8-10 g with one egg, 13-15 g with two. That is roughly double the protein of a plain paratha at similar calories, which is why it earns its breakfast reputation.
Is anda paratha good for weight loss? It can fit. The egg's protein keeps you full, and whole wheat is slow fuel. Keep the ghee honest, stick to one, and pair it with dahi instead of a second paratha.
The bottom line
Anda paratha: 220-280 kcal per homemade one-egg piece, 300-400 at the dhaba, with ghee and egg count deciding almost everything. The egg buys you double the protein of a plain paratha, which is a good trade. Egg paratha on the menu tomorrow morning? Describe it in CalsFlow and get your real number, assumptions spelled out.
Cover photo: "Anda Paratha.jpg" by Vinodbarc, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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