PlateDiary.
Menu
Get PlateDiary
  1. PlateDiary
  2. Calories
  3. Indonesian food
  4. Klepon

Calories · Indonesian

Calories in klepon

A typical restaurant serving of klepon (five small klepon: glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut, about 100 g) is about 270 calories, usually 130–400.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called ondeh ondeh, buah Melaka, pandan rice balls with palm sugar.

~270
Klepon

The usual range

Drawn on one 0–2,000 scale shared by every dish page, so plates compare at a glance.

Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein3 g
  • Carbs44 g
  • Fat10 g

One serving

Serving
five small klepon: glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut
Weight
~100 g
Per 100 g
~272

The dish

About klepon

Klepon are chewy pandan-green glutinous rice balls with a pocket of palm sugar that bursts when you bite, rolled in fresh grated coconut; Malaysia and Singapore call them ondeh ondeh. They are small, but they are starch, sugar and coconut fat. Numbers from Singapore’s Health Promotion Board lab analysis of ondeh ondeh (272 per 100 g), for five small pieces of about 20 g each; the piece weight is our estimate, since sizes vary.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Klepon · rough numbers

  • One small piece (about 20 g)~50
  • One large piece (about 50 g)~140

What moves the number

Why one plate is 130 and another 400

  • Glutinous rice flour, which is nearly all starch
  • Molten palm sugar inside
  • Grated coconut outside
  • Piece size, which varies a lot between sellers

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Have two or three and share the rest
  • Pick smaller pieces
  • Pair them with unsweetened tea

Side by side

Next to other Indonesian dishes

Indonesian · typical restaurant servingAll about Indonesian food →

  • Pisang goreng (one piece)~130one battered fried banana · usually 100–250
  • Es teh manis (sweet iced tea)~150one glass of iced tea with three tablespoons of sugar, weighed before ice · usually 50–300
  • Es kopi susu gula aren~170one glass of iced coffee with fresh milk and palm sugar syrup, weighed before ice · usually 120–350
  • Ayam goreng (one piece)~250one piece of spiced fried chicken with skin, edible weight, no rice · usually 180–400
  • Klepon~270five small klepon: glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut · usually 130–400
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • Es campur~310one bowl of es campur: shaved ice with grass jelly, bread, avocado, nata de coco, palm fruit, pineapple and watermelon, syrup and condensed milk · usually 150–450
  • Martabak telur~340a third of one martabak, about three slices, with pickled cucumber · usually 300–650
  • Bubur ayam~390one bowl of rice porridge with shredded chicken, yellow broth, cakwe, fried soybeans, crackers and sweet soy · usually 250–600
  • Soto ayam~390one bowl of yellow chicken soup with glass noodles, egg, cabbage and koya, no rice · usually 250–600
  • Indomie Mi Goreng (one pack)~400one pack, cooked with all its seasoning sachets, no egg · usually 400–520
  • Mie ayam~410one bowl of chicken noodles with sweet soy chicken topping, greens and broth on the side · usually 300–650

In PlateDiary

A rough number for the dishes you save — only if you want one.

Off unless you turn them on

Calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and, when PlateDiary AI reads your photo of the table, each dish gets one rough “~” number. Accept it or change it; a number you correct is remembered for that dish. With Calories off, the app looks exactly as it did before.

A read sends small pictures of the cut-out dishes, with the place's name as a hint — never the table photo, faces or your location. Calorie numbers never go to analytics, and nothing is written to a health app. PlateDiary AI starts with free tries; here is how it works.

Get PlateDiary

How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Ondeh ondeh, F11090041: 272 kcal per 100 g; 1 piece = 50 g (lab analysis, 2010)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in klepon?

A typical restaurant serving of klepon (five small klepon: glutinous rice balls filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut, about 100 g) is about 270 calories, usually 130–400. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories are in one klepon?

About 50 for a small piece of around 20 g; large 50 g pieces are about 140.

How many calories are in 100 g of klepon?

About 270, from Singapore HPB’s lab value for ondeh ondeh, the same sweet.

Is klepon high in calories?

For its size, yes: five small pieces are about 270, because they are glutinous rice, palm sugar and coconut.

What changes the calories in klepon?

Glutinous rice flour, which is nearly all starch. Molten palm sugar inside.

How can I order klepon lighter?

Have two or three and share the rest. Pick smaller pieces.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.