Buah keluak

Pangium eduleAlso called buah kepayang and football fruit

Buah keluak is a seed used in cooking. Cooks boil or simmer it, or blend it into a paste.

Plant-based
Gluten-free
No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Nuts & seeds
Part used: Seed
Family: Achariaceae
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Indonesia
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue
Energy: 111 kcal per 100 g

Photo: Brunk-Tan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use buah keluak

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Paste blend

Nutrition

What 100 g of buah keluak holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 8%Fat 7%Carbohydrate 85%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of buah keluak, raw
Energy	111 kcal · 462 kJ
Protein	2.3 g
Fat	2 g
of which saturated	0.25 g
Carbohydrate	24 g
of which sugars	14 g
Fibre	6.2 g
Sodium	4 mg

Nutrition per 100 g of buah keluak, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium	131 mg
Calcium	15 mg
Iron	2.2 mg
Magnesium	32 mg
Zinc	0.43 mg
Vitamin C	26 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)	19 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 167783), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where buah keluak is cooked

2 dishes in the catalogue use buah keluak. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Asia2

Countries whose dishes use it most

Indonesia 2

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list buah keluak among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to: South-eastern Asia, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Micronesia

On the table

Dishes made with buah keluak

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Gabus pucung
Indonesia
Konro Soup
Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include buah keluak.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: buah keluak in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten: None
Alcohol: None
Caffeine: None
Pork: None

Around the world

What buah keluak is called

Names in 4 languages, from Wikidata.

German
Keluak
Chinese
黑果 · 百香果 · 足球果
Indonesian
kepayang · keluak
Minangkabau
simauang · kapayang · kapecong · kapencuang

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q12512536

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