The honest dish library

Dish calorie guides: real numbers, honest ranges

Every guide follows the same law as the app: numbers come from USDA FoodData Central entries (linked per line) or are explicitly labeled typical values; every page states the two unknowns no database can see — your portion, and the hidden fat. Ranges with stated assumptions beat single confident numbers. That's the whole method: how Proba counts · the five-scan test.

Central Asian & Eastern European

• Plov550–850 kcal a plate — the oil and the portion decide.
• LagmanBoiled or fried is the 150–250 kcal question a photo can't always answer.
• Manty90–130 kcal each — kurdyuk is the invisible 40.
• Pelmeni~35 kcal each; count the ladle, not the legend.
• BorschtThe bowl is ~80 kcal — lighter than you fear; the smetana and bread are the meal.
• KhachapuriA pizza wearing a boat costume: 700–1,300 kcal, said straight.
• DolmaBoth versions USDA-cited; the "light" one's oil bath is the surprise.

Gulf & Middle Eastern

• KabsaTwo names, one truth — USDA has an entry for neither.
• Machboos600–900 kcal; built honestly from cited components.
• MandiSteamed under the meat — genuinely 60–120 kcal lighter than kabsa.
• Shawarma550–900; the garlic sauce is the ±200 kcal swing.
• FalafelThe health-halo audit: 514 kcal/100 g — the chickpea is innocent, the fryer isn't.
• HummusThe dip is fine; count the scooping.
• Ful medamesThe region's best breakfast deal — until the oil flood.
• TabboulehTwo-thirds of the calories are the oil — and the verdict is still "eat it."
• ShakshukaThe pan is light; the bread does the damage.
• BiryaniUSDA has it: 104 kcal/100 g — the scoop does the rest.
• KunafaNo database has it — our estimate says so out loud.
• BaklavaCited, unlike its cousin: 130–175 kcal a diamond.

По-русски

• ПловЧестная вилка 550–850 ккал.
• БорщЛегче, чем вы боитесь.
• ЛагманОтварной или жареный — вот главный вопрос.
• МантыКурдюк — невидимые 40 ккал за штуку.
• СырникиТворог невиновен — решают сковорода и сахар.
• ОливьеМайонез — 70% истории.

بالعربية

• المجبوس600–900 سعرة، محسوبة بصدق من المكوّنات.
• المنديأخف من الكبسة — والفرق موثّق.
• الشاورماالثومية هي المتغيّر الأكبر.
• الحمصالحمص بريء — الغميس هو الوجبة.
• الكنافةلا توجد في أي قاعدة بيانات — وتقديرنا يقولها بصراحة.

Every guide ends the same way, because it's true: the internet's number is an average — your plate isn't. The app scans your actual plate, lets you correct the grams, and cites its sources on a receipt.