Karipap (curry puff) calories

A deep-fried pastry filled with potato curry, sometimes with chicken, sardine or egg. Stalls sell plain-crust versions and flaky spiral ones (karipap pusing).

Quick answer

A typical serving of Karipap (curry puff) (1 piece, potato filling) has about 130 kcal. Most servings fall between 90 and 280 kcal, depending on the portion and the recipe.

Calories: 130 kcal
Protein: 2 g
Carbs: 17 g
Fat: 6 g

Nutrition facts per serving

Serving: 1 piece, potato filling, about 40 g.

Nutrient	Amount	Share of calories
Calories	130 kcal	100%
Protein	2 g	6%
Carbohydrates	17 g	52%
Fat	6 g	42%

Calories in common versions

Version	Typical calories
Karipap pusing (spiral), 1 piece (about 59 g)	130 kcal
Sardine karipap, 1 small piece (about 26 g)	100 kcal
Large curry puff with chicken and egg (about 100 g)	280 kcal

What drives the calories

The pastry is deep-fried, so fat gives about 40% of the calories.
The pastry gives most of the carbs, and the potato filling adds a little more.
Bigger puffs with chicken and egg can have twice the calories of a small potato one.

How to make it lighter

Eat 1 piece with a drink that has no sugar, instead of 3 pieces with teh tarik.
Pick 1 large puff or 2 small ones, not a whole bag.
Choose a baked curry puff when the bakery has one.

How to log Karipap (curry puff) in Nibbs

Type the number of pieces and the filling, for example 3 karipap kentang, so Nibbs can count each piece. Nibbs then estimates the portion and the calories for your actual plate, and you can edit any item before you save it.

Karipap (curry puff) calorie questions

How many calories are in a karipap?

One potato karipap of about 40 g has about 130 kcal. Most curry puffs fall between 90 and 280 kcal, depending on the size and the filling. A large curry puff with chicken and egg has about 280 kcal.