Real numbers · sources cited

Calories in plov: the honest answer is a range — 550–850 kcal a plate

Plov (Uzbek/Central Asian pilaf — rice, lamb or beef, carrots, onion, and a generous amount of oil) is a composed dish, so any app that hands you one confident number for "plov" is guessing. The honest method is the one Proba uses in-app: identify the components and grams, then take each number from USDA FoodData Central.

The component math (typical 400 g restaurant plate)

Component	Typical amount	USDA basis (per 100 g)	kcal
Cooked seasoned rice	250 g	Rice pilaf — FDC 2709077: 137 kcal, 3.3 P / 24.1 C / 3.0 F	≈343
Lamb (braised chunks)	90 g	Lamb chop, cooked — FDC 2705906: 264 kcal, 27.4 P / 0 C / 16.3 F	≈238
Carrots + onion (oil-cooked)	60 g	vegetables are minor; the OIL they carry is not (see below)	≈40–60
Extra cooking oil retained	+0–2 tbsp beyond the rice basis	pure fat ≈ 120 kcal/tbsp	0–240

Total: ≈620 kcal for a moderate plate; 550–850 kcal is the real-world range. Home plov cooked with a light hand lands near the bottom; wedding/restaurant plov (more oil, fattier cuts, bigger plates) exceeds the top.

Why the range is honest: the two numbers no database can see from a name alone are your portion (a plate spans 300–550 g) and the retained oil (plov is defined by it — each invisible tablespoon is ~120 kcal). That's ±30–50% before anything else. Any single-number answer hides this; stating it is the point.

Macros that matter

A 620-kcal plate carries roughly 33 g protein, 65 g carbs, and 25 g fat. The carb load plus moderate fiber puts plov's estimated glucose impact in the moderate-to-high band for most people — eating the meat first and adding a salad shifts the curve down (that's an estimate from composition, not a measurement).

Get YOUR plate's number, not the internet's

Proba photographs your actual plate, identifies the components and grams (editable before saving), and takes every number from the USDA entry it cites on a receipt you can pull down and audit. Same plate, same answer, every time — run the five-scan test on it.

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Method & limitations: how Proba counts calories. Sources: USDA FoodData Central survey entries linked above (values per 100 g as published).