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How Many Calories in Rawon?

Also known as Rawon Surabaya, Nasi Rawon, Rawon Daging, Black Beef Soup.

Rawon is the East Javanese beef soup coloured black with keluak nut, served with short bean sprouts, sambal, lime and often a salted egg. It is nearly always eaten with rice.

290kcal / 1 bowl (no rice)
A bowl of rawon is about 290 calories without rice. FatSecret Indonesia lists a 241g bowl at 288 calories with 32% of the energy from protein. Add rice at 260 and a salted egg at 120 and nasi rawon komplit is about 670.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (no rice) (315g)AmountPer 100g
Calories290 kcal92 kcal
Protein23 g7 g
Carbs9 g3 g
Fat18 g6 g

Where the calories come from

Diced beef80g
165 kcal
Keluak broth200g
90 kcal
Bean sprouts and sambal25g
15 kcal
Kerupuk udang, 1 piece5g
20 kcal

The real talk

Rawon looks heavy because it is black, but the broth is water, keluak paste and beef stock, no coconut milk. A 200ml ladle is about 90 calories, most of that from beef fat that renders into the soup. The meat is the main event: 80g of diced brisket or shank at around 165 calories and 20g protein. That is a good ratio for a street soup.

The sides are where nasi rawon gets big. The plate of rice is 260. The telur asin (salted duck egg) that comes standard in Surabaya is about 120 calories, and it is fatty because it is a duck egg cured in salt. A kerupuk udang is 20 to 50 depending on size. Tempe goreng on the side is 95 a piece. A full Rp 25,000 to 35,000 nasi rawon komplit at a Surabaya warung is 670 to 750 calories.

The Rawon Setan style of late-night stalls uses bigger cuts and fattier meat, and a bowl runs around 350 rather than 290. Rawon buntut (oxtail) is fattier still, closer to 400 because oxtail has a lot of fat and gelatin attached.

Short bean sprouts (tauge pendek), sambal terasi and lime are the free part, and they are what make rawon taste like rawon. Load them on.

How the portions compare

250 kcal
Bowl only, lean meat
290 kcal
Standard bowl
760 kcal
Nasi rawon komplit with salted egg and tempe

Rawon variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Rawon, soup only290 kcalFatSecret bowl 288
Rawon Setan (bigger, fattier cuts)350 kcalLate-night Surabaya style
Rawon buntut (oxtail)400 kcalMore fat and gelatin
Nasi rawon550 kcalWith 200g rice
Nasi rawon with telur asin670 kcalRice and a salted duck egg

How to eat it lighter

Common questions

How many calories in rawon?
About 290 calories per bowl of soup and beef, without rice. Nasi rawon with rice is around 550, and with a salted egg about 670.
Is rawon healthy?
Pretty good for a beef dish: 23g protein, no coconut milk, and the broth is mostly stock. The fat comes from the beef cut. It is the rice, salted egg and kerupuk that turn it into a 700 calorie meal.
How many calories in nasi rawon?
Around 550 calories with a normal plate of rice. Add telur asin and a piece of tempe and it is 750.
Does keluak have calories?
Keluak nut is oily, about 500 calories per 100g, but a bowl only uses about 10g of the paste. It adds maybe 40 calories and all of the colour.
Berapa kalori Rawon?
Rawon mengandung sekitar 290 kalori per 1 mangkuk (315g), dengan 23g protein, 9g karbohidrat dan 18g 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 (rawon 1 bowl 288 kcal, 119 kcal/100g). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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