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Lemon rice or curd rice - which is lighter?

Lemon rice or curd rice - which is lighter?

A bowl of lemon rice is about 175 kcal, while a real curd rice bowl is closer to 376 kcal, not because curd is heavy but because the curd rice bowl is bigger and uses two tablespoons of oil. Per spoon the two are nearly the same, so the tempering oil and the bowl size decide which one is lighter.

12 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Two South Indian rice bowls, one yellow and one white. People often say curd rice is the light, cooling, diet-friendly one. The numbers tell a different story. What really decides the calories is the oil in the tempering and how big your bowl is. Let us open both bowls and see.

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