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Calories · Indonesian

Calories in nasi kuning

A typical restaurant serving of nasi kuning (a complete plate of nasi kuning: turmeric coconut rice with tempeh-potato kering, egg in balado, beef floss, cucumber and crackers, about 347 g) is about 890 calories, usually 550–1,100.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called yellow rice, nasi kuning komplit, Indonesian turmeric coconut rice.

~890
Nasi kuning

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein26 g
  • Carbs104 g
  • Fat43 g

One serving

Serving
a complete plate of nasi kuning: turmeric coconut rice with tempeh-potato kering, egg in balado, beef floss, cucumber and crackers
Weight
~347 g
Per 100 g
~256

The dish

About nasi kuning

Nasi kuning is rice cooked in coconut milk with turmeric, bay and lime leaves, piled with small sides for birthdays, tumpeng and breakfast stalls. The rice alone is about 350; the sweet fried kering, the egg in chili balado, beef floss and crackers more than double it. Built from its parts: one of eight plates from a resepkoki.id nasi kuning komplit (500 g rice cooked in 800 ml coconut milk, tempeh-potato-peanut kering, eight eggs in balado, beef floss and crackers), from TKPI values; the fried weights of the kering are our estimates.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Nasi kuning · rough numbers

  • Yellow rice only~350
  • Without the balado egg~670

What moves the number

Why one plate is 550 and another 1,100

  • Coconut milk cooked into the rice
  • Sweet fried kering of tempeh, potato sticks and peanuts
  • Egg in an oily chili balado
  • Fried chicken, if the plate comes with it

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Ask for less kering and no crackers
  • Pick a plain boiled egg over balado
  • Share the plate, or take a half portion of rice

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

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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. Tabel Komposisi Pangan Indonesia (TKPI 2017, Kemenkes RI; panganku.org data via a public mirror) — Beras giling, mentah (AR001); Santan, dengan air (KP003); Tempe kedelai murni, goreng (CP076); Keripik kentang (BP036); Kacang tanah, goreng (CP012); Gula putih (MP007); Gula aren (MP005); Telur ayam ras, segar (HR002); Cabai merah, kering (NR013); Bawang merah (NR007); Bawang putih (NR008); Minyak kelapa sawit (KR012); Sapi, abon, asli (FP012); Kerupuk udang goreng (BP045); Ketimun (DR109); Tomat merah (DR161)
  2. Gram weights: resepkoki.id — Nasi kuning komplit (8 servings)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in nasi kuning?

A typical restaurant serving of nasi kuning (a complete plate of nasi kuning: turmeric coconut rice with tempeh-potato kering, egg in balado, beef floss, cucumber and crackers, about 347 g) is about 890 calories, usually 550–1,100. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is plain nasi kuning?

About 350 for the yellow coconut rice alone, about 150 g.

How many calories is nasi kuning with fried chicken?

Add about 250 for a piece of ayam goreng, so a complete plate is around 1,150.

Is nasi kuning higher than nasi uduk?

A complete plate usually is: about 890 against about 690 for nasi uduk, mostly because of the sweet kering and the balado egg.

What changes the calories in nasi kuning?

Coconut milk cooked into the rice. Sweet fried kering of tempeh, potato sticks and peanuts.

How can I order nasi kuning lighter?

Ask for less kering and no crackers. Pick a plain boiled egg over balado.

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.