Samak ka Atta (Barnyard Millet Flour)
per real serving, not per 100 g
What 1 cup of flour carries
368kcal
1 cup of flour — taken as 120 g — carries about 368 calories, with 7.4 g protein, 78.6 g carbohydrate and 2.6 g fat.
Per 100 g: 307 kcal and 6.2 g protein.
SOURCE·Nutritive Value of Indian Foods (ICMR–NIN) — Table 1, Proximate Principles: Common Foods, item 17, Sanwa millet, page 47 — applied to the milled grain·verified·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Assumed: 1 cup of flour ≈ 120 g — ground samak, used for vrat idli, dosa and rotis.
Samak ka Atta (Barnyard Millet Flour) by portion
Everything scales linearly from the 120 g serving. If your portion is bigger, so is the number.
| Portion | Grams | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat | Fibre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 × 1 cup of flour | 120 g | 368 kcal | 7.4 g | 78.6 g | 2.6 g | 11.8 g |
| 2 × 1 cup of flour | 240 g | 737 kcal | 14.9 g | 157.2 g | 5.3 g | 23.5 g |
| 3 × 1 cup of flour | 360 g | 1,105 kcal | 22.3 g | 235.8 g | 7.9 g | 35.3 g |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 307 kcal | 6.2 g | 65.5 g | 2.2 g | 9.8 g |
Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate; fibre is listed separately and is in neither the carbohydrate column nor the energy figure. Energy is reconciled against 4P + 4C + 9F on every build.
Verified: Nutritive Value of Indian Foods (ICMR–NIN) — Table 1, Proximate Principles: Common Foods, item 17, Sanwa millet, page 47 — applied to the milled grain. Gopalan C, Rama Sastri BV, Balasubramanian SC. Nutritive Value of Indian Foods, revised by Narasinga Rao BS, Deosthale YG and Pant KC. National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad. Values are per 100 g of edible portion; energy is calculated with Atwater factors and fibre is crude fibre. Source.
Read this with it: There is no separate table entry anywhere for samak flour. This row is the whole-grain figure applied to the same grain milled, which is what samak atta is; a sieved flour would carry less fibre. Until July 2026 this row carried a slightly different, unsourced figure from the grain, which was wrong in the sense that it implied an analysis nobody has done.
How samak ka atta (barnyard millet flour) is counted here
- The serving is the portion this food is actually eaten in — 1 cup of flour, taken as 120 g — not an anonymous 100 g.
- Composition is read off a named row: Nutritive Value of Indian Foods (ICMR–NIN) (Table 1, Proximate Principles: Common Foods, item 17, Sanwa millet, page 47 — applied to the milled grain), and the label on that row is printed above rather than hidden.
- Carbohydrate is available carbohydrate. Where a source publishes carbohydrate by difference, the fibre is subtracted here and the subtraction is stated.
- Energy is reconciled against Atwater factors on every build; a value that disagrees with its own macros does not ship.
serving kcal = 307 kcal/100 g × (120 g ÷ 100) = 368 kcal check = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F (±15%, ±20% high-fibre)
Where it sits on a fasting plate
Among the 11 entries in vrat flours & grains on this site, samak ka atta (barnyard millet flour) ranks 9 of 11 for energy density at 307 kcal per 100 g.
Protein supplies only 8% of its energy. Most of the vrat food list looks like this, which is exactly why വ്രതത്തിനിടയിലെ പ്രോട്ടീൻ is the guide people need most.
It is energy-dense enough that a small portion carries a lot, which is easy to miss when it is eaten by the handful through a fasting day.
Questions
Is samak ka atta (barnyard millet flour) eaten during a vrat?
It is commonly eaten during a phalahar vrat in most households. Customs differ by family, region and community — this describes what is usual, not what is required.
How many calories are in 1 cup of flour of samak ka atta (barnyard millet flour)?
About 368 kcal for 1 cup of flour, taken as 120 g (ground samak, used for vrat idli, dosa and rotis). That is 7.4 g protein, 78.6 g carbohydrate and 2.6 g fat. Per 100 g it carries 307 kcal.
Is samak ka atta (barnyard millet flour) filling, or just energy?
Protein supplies only about 8% of its energy, so treat it as fuel rather than as something that will keep you full. Fibre is high at 9.8 g per 100 g. On a vrat that matters more than usual, because so much of the permitted food list is rapidly digested starch.
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SOURCE·Published vrat traditions + IFCT 2017·observance accounts and food composition·REVIEWED JUL 2026
Practices are described as commonly observed; customs differ by family, region, community and sampradaya, and this site is not an authority on any of them. Food values come from the Indian Food Composition Tables 2017 (ICMR–NIN), the older ICMR–NIN tables, USDA FoodData Central, named composition studies and the shared ThaliFacts dataset, reconciled against Atwater factors on every build. Which source applies to which food is listed per food, and every source carries the date it was last checked. General information only — not medical or religious guidance. Fasting is not safe for everyone, particularly during pregnancy or with diabetes or other conditions. Speak to a doctor first.
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