Mamak & Bread

How Many Calories in Roti Tisu?

Roti Tisu is a paper-thin, crispy cone-shaped roti stretched to absurd heights, coated in ghee, dusted with sugar, and drizzled with condensed milk at most mamak stalls.

750kcal / 1 piece (full cone)
One full Roti Tisu cone comes in at roughly 750 calories for about 130g. That is not a typo. The dough itself accounts for 290 calories, but the real damage is 300 calories worth of ghee cooked into and onto the roti, plus another 160 calories from the sugar and condensed milk on top. It is essentially a dessert that comes before your actual dessert.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 piece (full cone) (130g)AmountPer 100g
Calories750 kcal577 kcal
Protein11 g8 g
Carbs93 g72 g
Fat32 g25 g

Where the calories come from

Flour dough (stretched, fried)70g
290 kcal
Ghee (in dough + on tawa)33g
300 kcal
Sugar dusting20g
80 kcal
Condensed milk drizzle25g
80 kcal

The real talk

Roti Tisu is that comically tall cone-shaped roti you see at mamak stalls, stretched so thin it turns golden and crispy, then stood upright on a plate and hit with sugar and condensed milk. It looks like a party trick, and honestly it is one. At 750 calories a cone, it is built for sharing, full stop. The calorie math here is mostly fat and carbs: 300 calories from ghee alone, 93g of carbs, and only 11g of protein. There is almost nothing keeping you full. It is a crowd-pleaser, great for a table of six splitting one, terrible idea if you are eating it solo and trying to lose weight. Fair warning: these numbers are a ballpark estimate because hard data for Roti Tisu is thin. Different mamak stalls use wildly different amounts of ghee and condensed milk, so the real number could be anywhere from 650 to 850 calories depending on who is making it.

What actually swings the number is how heavy-handed they are with the condensed milk drizzle. Skip it and you drop from 750 to about 670 calories. Ask for less sugar and you shave a bit more. The plain version with sugar only is still not a diet food, but it is 80 calories lighter than the full load. The ice cream version at some kopitiam hits 950 calories for one cone, which is basically two meals for a person on a deficit. If you are at a mamak table and someone orders one, just have a piece or two and move on. The problem is nobody treats it like a sharing dish when they are hungry lah.

Roti Tisu variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Plain with sugar only (no condensed milk)670 kcalSugar dusting only, no condensed milk drizzle
Standard (sugar + condensed milk)750 kcalThe default mamak serve, sugar dust plus a drizzle of condensed milk
With kaya and butter820 kcalKaya jam and extra butter added on top instead of or alongside condensed milk
With ice cream950 kcalA scoop of vanilla ice cream placed inside or alongside the cone, common at some kopitiam

How to eat it lighter

Common questions

How many calories in Roti Tisu?
One full Roti Tisu cone is around 750 calories for approximately 130g. That comes from a heavy combination of ghee (300 cal), flour dough (290 cal), sugar dusting (80 cal), and condensed milk drizzle (80 cal). These are estimates as exact figures vary by stall.
What actually is Roti Tisu?
Roti Tisu is a mamak stall staple where roti canai dough is stretched paper-thin, cooked on a tawa with a lot of ghee, then shaped into a tall cone and served upright on a plate. It gets dusted with sugar and usually drizzled with condensed milk. It is a showpiece dish, more theatre than nutrition.
Is Roti Tisu healthy?
Not really, no. It is 750 calories with 32g of fat and 93g of carbs, and only 11g of protein doing any real work. It is essentially fried dough with sugar and sweetened milk. Fine as a rare treat or shared across a big table, but not something to order regularly if you are watching your weight.

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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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