Vegetables & Sides · Indonesia

How Many Calories in Sayur Lodeh?

Also known as Lodeh, Sayur Lodeh Jawa, Sayur Santan, Coconut Milk Vegetable Stew.

Sayur lodeh is mixed vegetables, usually chayote, long beans, eggplant, young jackfruit and tempe, simmered in a thin coconut milk broth with galangal and bay leaf. It is the everyday Javanese vegetable dish and the standard warteg ladle.

160kcal / 1 bowl
A bowl of sayur lodeh is about 160 calories. FatSecret Indonesia lists a 240g bowl at 162 calories with 9g fat, 15g carbs and 7g protein. Half the calories come from the coconut milk, the vegetables are about 40 and the tempe pieces make up the rest.

Nutrition facts

Per 1 bowl (240g)AmountPer 100g
Calories160 kcal67 kcal
Protein6 g3 g
Carbs14 g6 g
Fat9 g4 g

Where the calories come from

Chayote, long beans, eggplant, jackfruit120g
40 kcal
Thin coconut milk broth90g
65 kcal
Tempe cubes30g
50 kcal

The real talk

Lodeh is a coconut milk dish, so the number depends on how thick the santan is. A home style Javanese lodeh uses thin coconut milk and lands around 160 a bowl. A warteg lodeh that has been sitting in a tray of thick santan all morning with a layer of oil on top is closer to 220. A Padang style gulai sayur with the same vegetables is 250 or more. Same chayote, three different numbers.

The vegetables are the good part and they are nearly free: 120g of labu siam, kacang panjang and terong is about 40 calories. The tempe cubes are worth keeping, 30g gives you 3g protein for about 50 calories. What you can control is the broth. A 100ml ladle of thin santan broth is about 70 calories, and the warteg gives you two ladles if you let them.

At Rp 3,000 to 5,000 a scoop next to rice, lodeh is the default vegetable at a warteg, and a rice plate with lodeh and telur balado is about 550 calories. That is fine. Where it stops being fine is lontong sayur or lontong cap go meh, where the lodeh is the whole bowl and the santan is thicker, and the meal is 450 to 800.

Sayur asem is the same vegetables in a tamarind broth at 80 a bowl, half of lodeh. If the warteg has both, that is the easy swap. If they only have lodeh, ask for the vegetables and less kuah and you get most of the benefit.

How the portions compare

90 kcal
Vegetables with a spoon of broth
160 kcal
Standard bowl
220 kcal
Warteg ladle, thick santan with oil on top

Sayur Lodeh variants, ranked by calories

VariantCaloriesNotes
Sayur lodeh, thin santan (home style)160 kcalFatSecret bowl 162
Sayur lodeh warteg, thick santan220 kcalBeen in the tray all morning
Lontong sayur lodeh450 kcalLodeh as the whole bowl over lontong
Lodeh with rice and telur balado550 kcalThe standard warteg plate

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Common questions

How many calories in sayur lodeh?
About 160 calories for a 240g bowl according to FatSecret Indonesia. A thick warteg version with oil floating on top is closer to 220.
Is sayur lodeh healthy?
The vegetables are, and the tempe adds protein. The coconut milk is where the 9g of fat comes from. Less broth, more vegetables, and it is a very good side.
Sayur lodeh or sayur asem for diet?
Sayur asem, at about 80 calories versus 160. It is the same vegetables in tamarind broth instead of coconut milk.
How many calories in sayur lodeh with rice?
About 420 calories with a 200g plate of rice, or 550 if you add a telur balado.
Berapa kalori Sayur Lodeh?
Sayur Lodeh mengandung sekitar 160 kalori per 1 mangkuk (240g), dengan 6g protein, 14g karbohidrat dan 9g 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 (sayur lodeh 1 bowl 240g, 162 kcal). Macros estimated from the ingredients.

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