Food Calories

Vegetables & Sides Calories

Vegetables should be the safest thing on your plate, and steamed or lightly stir fried, they are. This is the category you pile on when you want a mountain of food for almost nothing. Volume eating starts here.

But be honest with yourself about the oil. Kangkung belacan glistening under the lamp at the tai chow is not a health food anymore. The ranking below shows which veg dishes are basically free and which ones are secretly a lauk.

30 kcal
Latok (Sea Grapes)
per 1 small plate
35 kcal
Tuhau
per 1 condiment serving, raw sambal tuhau
35 kcal
Bambangan
per 1 condiment serving, jeruk bambangan (pickled)
60 kcal
Ulam-Ulaman
per 1 plate with sambal belacan
100 kcal
Sawi / Broccoli Sos Tiram
per 1 plate (hawker/kopitiam)
130 kcal
Sayur Campur
per 1 typical hawker/nasi campur side portion
140 kcal
Midin
per 1 plate (hawker/kopitiam, stir-fried belacan style)
180 kcal
Paku Pakis
per 1 plate, stir-fried (goreng belacan / sambal)
185 kcal
Sayur Manis (Cangkuk Manis / Sabah Veg)
per 1 plate (goreng telur, stir-fried with egg)
190 kcal
Kangkung Belacan
per 1 plate
190 kcal
Sayur Lemak
per 1 hawker serving
200 kcal
Kailan Ikan Masin
per 1 plate / hawker scoop
230 kcal
Tauhu Sumbat
per 1 serving (4 pieces)
270 kcal
Daun Ubi Tumbuk
per 1 hawker/warung side-dish serving
290 kcal
Taugeh Ikan Masin
per 1 plate (side dish)

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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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