Food Calories

Rice Meals Calories

Rice is not the enemy. I lost 42kg eating rice almost every day, so this page is never going to tell you to quit nasi. What matters is which rice dish and what goes on top of it. A plate of steamed chicken rice and a nasi kandar with three lauk can be 700 calories apart, and both look like "just rice with stuff".

Every rice meal below is ranked from lightest to heaviest. Click any dish for the full macro breakdown, where the calories actually hide, and how to order it lighter without eating sad food.

145 kcal
Ketupat
per 1 piece (ketupat nasi)
245 kcal
Ambuyat
per 1 serving ambuyat with basic cacah dip (per person)
290 kcal
Lemang
per 2 slices (typical hawker/Raya serving)
300 kcal
Linopot
per 1 parcel (rice ball, plain, no accompaniments)
360 kcal
Nasi Ulam
per 1 plate (rice with herbs and dried shrimp/fish)
480 kcal
Nasi Kerabu
per 1 plate with ayam percik
556 kcal
Nasi Lemak
per 1 standard bungkus
570 kcal
Char Siew Rice
per 1 plate
580 kcal
Nasi Lemuni
per 1 plate (rice + sambal + ulam + ikan bilis + egg)
607 kcal
Chicken Rice
per 1 plate (steamed chicken)
620 kcal
Yong Chow Fried Rice
per 1 plate
630 kcal
Nasi Goreng Kampung
per 1 plate
630 kcal
Nasi Goreng Cina
per 1 plate
660 kcal
Nasi Goreng Mamak
per 1 plate
680 kcal
Nasi Tomato
per 1 plate with ayam masak merah
680 kcal
Nasi Paprik
per 1 plate
700 kcal
Claypot Chicken Rice
per 1 claypot (single serve)
700 kcal
Nasi Kukus
per 1 plate (steamed rice + 1 piece ayam goreng berempah + sambal + sides)
700 kcal
Nasi Goreng Pattaya
per 1 plate
720 kcal
Nasi Campur (Economy Rice)
per 1 plate (rice + 3 dishes)
750 kcal
Nasi Briyani
per 1 plate with chicken
750 kcal
Nasi Minyak
per 1 plate (rice + dalca + kurma, kenduri-style)
780 kcal
Nasi Ayam Penyet
per 1 plate (rice, fried chicken, sambal, tofu, tempeh)
830 kcal
Nasi Dagang
per 1 plate with gulai ikan tongkol
850 kcal
Banana Leaf Rice
per 1 standard meal (rice + 3 vegetable sides + dhal + 1 curry protein + rasam + papadom + 1 rice refill)
950 kcal
Nasi Kandar
per 1 plate (banjir + fried chicken)
1080 kcal
Nasi Ambeng
per 1 portion (single-pax share from communal platter)

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

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