Pilau, vegetable, homemade

Homemade vegetable pilau is a cooked rice dish containing vegetables. It mainly provides carbohydrate, with smaller amounts of protein, fibre and fat. Per 100g, it contains 23g of carbohydrate, 3.3g of protein and 2.2g of fibre, and provides 474 kJ of energy. These figures describe the homemade vegetable pilau samples supplied; the nutritional content of other recipes will vary with the ingredients used.

Carbohydrate provides energy for the body, while fibre helps support normal bowel function. Added salt, stock and the type and amount of cooking fat can affect the salt and saturated fat content, which may be relevant to people monitoring their intake. Full nutritional figures, including salt, sugars and saturated fat, are in the tables below.