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Calories in seblak

A typical restaurant serving of seblak (one bowl of seblak basah: softened crackers, egg and greens in a spicy kencur broth, about 322 g) is about 430 calories, usually 300–750.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called seblak basah, seblak Bandung, spicy kerupuk soup.

~430
Seblak

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein5 g
  • Carbs50 g
  • Fat23 g

One serving

Serving
one bowl of seblak basah: softened crackers, egg and greens in a spicy kencur broth
Weight
~322 g
Per 100 g
~133

The dish

About seblak

Seblak is a Bandung street bowl of crackers softened in hot water, then cooked with egg, greens and a fiery chili and kencur paste. The crackers are nearly all starch and the paste is fried in oil, so even the plain bowl is a full meal; toppings stack up fast. Built from its parts: one of two bowls from a resepkoki.id seblak basah (100 g crackers, one egg, three tablespoons of oil, chili, shallots and garlic), from TKPI values, with the dry crackers counted as tapioca, TKPI’s closest entry.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Seblak · rough numbers

  • With sausage and macaroni~630

What moves the number

Why one plate is 300 and another 750

  • Raw crackers, which are almost pure tapioca
  • Oil for frying the chili and kencur paste
  • Toppings like sausage, meatballs, macaroni or chicken feet
  • How much of the oily broth you finish

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Order it with egg and greens instead of sausage and macaroni
  • Ask for less oil (minyak sedikit)
  • Leave some of the broth

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) — Tepung singkong / tapioka (BP070); Telur ayam ras, segar (HR002); Sawi, segar (DR141); Daun bawang merah (DR018); Minyak kelapa sawit (KR012); Cabai merah, segar (NR014); Cabai rawit, segar (NR015); Bawang merah (NR007); Bawang putih (NR008); Sapi, daging, sosis (FP016); Makaroni, mentah (AP020)
  2. Gram weights: resepkoki.id — Seblak basah Bandung (2 servings)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in seblak?

A typical restaurant serving of seblak (one bowl of seblak basah: softened crackers, egg and greens in a spicy kencur broth, about 322 g) is about 430 calories, usually 300–750. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories is seblak with toppings?

About 630 with sausage and macaroni added; the plain bowl with egg is about 430.

Is seblak high in calories?

More than it looks: about 430 for a plain bowl, not far from a plate of mie goreng, because the crackers are starch and the paste is fried in oil.

What changes the calories in seblak?

Raw crackers, which are almost pure tapioca. Oil for frying the chili and kencur paste.

How can I order seblak lighter?

Order it with egg and greens instead of sausage and macaroni. Ask for less oil (minyak sedikit).

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.