How many calories in jalebi?
100–150 kcal per piece
One medium jalebi is roughly 100–150 calories. It is batter fried in ghee or oil and soaked in sugar syrup, so nearly all of its calories are sugar and fat in roughly equal measure of attention.
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By serving
Serving by serving.
Ranges rather than single numbers. Home cooking has no standard serving, and the same dish made in two kitchens genuinely differs by this much, so a single figure would be false precision.
| Serving | Calories |
|---|---|
| 1 medium jalebi (~30–35 g) | 100–150 |
| 100 g jalebi | 380–460 |
| Jalebi with rabri (1 serving) | 300–450 |
| 1 large imarti | 150–220 |
Per one medium jalebi: 0.5–1 g protein · 18–24 g carbs · 3–6 g fat
Why the range
What moves this number.
If you want a better estimate than the table gives, these are the things worth paying attention to. Everything else is noise by comparison.
- Count by weight, not pieces. Jalebi is usually sold by weight. A 100 g serving is three to four pieces.
- Syrup soak. A jalebi straight from the syrup is heavier and sweeter than one that has drained.
- Ghee or oil. Frying medium makes little calorie difference; how long it fried makes more.
- Rabri. The thickened sweet milk it is often served with doubles the plate.
Logging it
You do not need this table every day.
Looking a number up works once. Doing it for every item of every meal is the reason most people stop tracking within a fortnight.
BetterCal has no database to search. Say or type the meal the way you would describe it to a person ("jalebi and dal") and it is logged with calories and macros in one go. If your version differs from the estimate, correct it once and it remembers, so over a few weeks the numbers converge on your kitchen rather than an average of everyone else's.
Frequently asked questions
How many calories in 100 g jalebi?
About 380–460. That is roughly three or four medium jalebis.
Is jalebi worse than gulab jamun?
Per piece, slightly lighter. Per gram, they are close. Both are fried and syrup-soaked. The difference is mostly that jalebis are smaller and easier to eat several of.
Why is this a range and not one number?
Because the honest answer is a range. Serving sizes are not standardised and cooking fat varies enormously between kitchens. A single confident figure would be more convenient and less true. See how accurate calorie estimates really are.
Do I need to weigh food to track it properly?
No. Weighing improves precision that you mostly do not need. Being consistently within 10% is enough to lose or gain weight predictably. The easiest way to track calories covers the method.
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