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Calories in pempek kapal selam

A typical restaurant serving of pempek kapal selam (one large fried egg-filled fish cake with cuko, noodles and cucumber, about 260 g) is about 470 calories, usually 300–700.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called empek-empek, pempek, Palembang fish cake.

~470
Pempek kapal selam

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein11 g
  • Carbs81 g
  • Fat11 g

One serving

Serving
one large fried egg-filled fish cake with cuko, noodles and cucumber
Weight
~260 g
Per 100 g
~180

The dish

About pempek kapal selam

Pempek is a Palembang fish cake of mackerel and sago; kapal selam has a whole egg inside. The fish cake is mostly starch, the frying adds fat, and the sweet-sour cuko, made largely from palm sugar, adds more than people expect. Built from its parts: TKPI’s value for pempek kapal selam at one large piece, frying oil it soaks up, about half of the cuko a resepkoki.id serving makes (palm sugar, dried shrimp, garlic), noodles and cucumber.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Pempek kapal selam · rough numbers

  • Boiled, not fried~420
  • Without cuko~380

What moves the number

Why one plate is 300 and another 700

  • Cuko: the sauce is mostly palm sugar
  • Frying, versus boiled pempek
  • Size: kapal selam is the biggest kind
  • Extra pieces like lenjer or adaan

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Sip less of the cuko
  • Pick boiled (rebus) over fried
  • Share a mixed plate of small pieces

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
  • Capcay~290one restaurant plate of stir-fried vegetables with chicken, meatballs and gravy, no rice · usually 200–500
  • 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
  • Sate kambing (10 sticks)~430ten grilled goat sticks with sweet soy, shallot, tomato, chili and cabbage, no rice · usually 300–650
  • Pempek kapal selam~470one large fried egg-filled fish cake with cuko, noodles and cucumber · usually 300–700

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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) — Pempek kapal selam, masakan (GP079); Minyak kelapa sawit (KR012); Gula aren (MP005); Udang kering (GP051); Bawang putih, segar (NR008); Ketimun, segar (DR109)
  2. USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) — Noodles, egg, cooked, enriched, with added salt, FDC 168919
  3. Gram weights: resepkoki.id — Pempek kapal selam with cuko (6 servings)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in pempek kapal selam?

A typical restaurant serving of pempek kapal selam (one large fried egg-filled fish cake with cuko, noodles and cucumber, about 260 g) is about 470 calories, usually 300–700. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is boiled pempek lighter than fried?

Yes: boiled, a large kapal selam plate is about 420, against about 470 fried.

Does the cuko sauce add much to pempek?

More than it looks, since it is mostly palm sugar: without cuko the plate is about 380.

What changes the calories in pempek kapal selam?

Cuko: the sauce is mostly palm sugar. Frying, versus boiled pempek.

How can I order pempek kapal selam lighter?

Sip less of the cuko. Pick boiled (rebus) over fried.

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.