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How Many Calories in Coto Makassar?

Also known as Coto Mangkasara, Coto Daging, Coto Campur, Makassar Beef Soup.

Coto Makassar is a thick beef and offal soup from South Sulawesi, cooked with ground roasted peanuts, rice water and a long spice list, served in small bowls with ketupat or buras and a spoon of tauco sambal.

290kcal / 1 bowl (no ketupat)
A bowl of coto Makassar is about 290 calories without ketupat. FatSecret Indonesia lists a 241g bowl at 289 calories with 25g protein and 15g fat. TKPI has coto mangkasara at 84 to 96 calories per 100g, which puts a 300g bowl in the same range.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (no ketupat) (300g)AmountPer 100g
Calories290 kcal97 kcal
Protein25 g8 g
Carbs13 g4 g
Fat15 g5 g

Where the calories come from

Beef and offal80g
170 kcal
Peanut and rice water broth200g
100 kcal
Fried shallots and tauco sambal20g
20 kcal

The real talk

Coto looks like soto but the broth is thicker for a reason. It is cooked with ground roasted peanuts and the water from washing rice, which is why it is cloudy and slightly nutty, and why a 200ml ladle is about 100 calories against 70 for soto ayam broth. Not coconut milk though, so it is nowhere near soto Betawi at 135 per ladle.

The meat is the main thing. A bowl of coto campur has around 80g of beef, tripe, lung and liver, about 170 calories and 20g protein. Coto daging (meat only) is a bit leaner. Paru (lung) is the fattiest cut in the mix because it is often fried before it goes in. The 25g protein in a bowl is genuinely good for a Rp 20,000 to 30,000 street soup.

The trap is the ketupat. Nobody eats coto without buras or ketupat, and the standard is two. Each one is about 145 calories, so the real meal is 580, not 290. Order 'coto daging plus dua ketupat' and you are at 580 with 30g protein, which is still a decent lunch. Order the coto campur with three ketupat, the extra bowl and the perkedel, and you are near 900.

Bawang goreng and the tauco sambal on the table are about 30 calories a spoon combined. The jeruk nipis is free and it is what cuts the richness, so use it.

How the portions compare

210 kcal
Coto daging, half broth
290 kcal
Standard bowl
600 kcal
Coto campur with 2 ketupat

Coto Makassar variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Coto daging (meat only)250 kcalNo offal
Coto kuda (horse meat)260 kcalLeaner meat, Jeneponto style
Coto campur290 kcalFatSecret bowl 289
Coto with 1 ketupat435 kcalThe light order
Coto with 2 ketupat580 kcalThe normal order

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Common questions

How many calories in coto Makassar?
About 290 calories per bowl without ketupat, and about 580 with the usual two ketupat. FatSecret lists 289 for a 241g bowl.
Is coto Makassar healthy?
For a beef soup it is good: 25g protein, no coconut milk, and the peanut broth is moderate at about 100 calories a ladle. The ketupat and the offal are what push it up.
Coto Makassar or soto Betawi, which is lower calorie?
Coto, at 290 versus 365 for soto Betawi. Coto uses peanuts and rice water for body; soto Betawi uses coconut milk and often evaporated milk.
How many calories in ketupat with coto?
About 145 calories per ketupat or buras. Two of them add 290, doubling the meal.
Berapa kalori Coto Makassar?
Coto Makassar mengandung sekitar 290 kalori per 1 mangkuk (300g), dengan 25g protein, 13g karbohidrat dan 15g lemak. Angka ini perkiraan untuk porsi warung biasa, jadi bisa berbeda tergantung tempat dan ukuran porsi.

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Calorie and macro figures are estimates for a typical warung or restaurant serving. Actual numbers vary by stall, recipe and portion size. Use them as a guide, not gospel.

Calorie figure based on FatSecret Indonesia (coto Makassar 1 bowl 241g, 289 kcal); TKPI coto mangkasara 84 to 96 kcal/100g as cross-check. Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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