Nasi lemak
Buy it or cook it?
Buy at a stall or restaurant
RM 4.25
Usually RM 3.50 - 5
Cook at home
RM 2.83
a plate
Cooking is 1.5x cheaper
RM 1.42 less a plate
Cook it2times a week
About RM 49 a month
4 plates each time
First shop for all ingredientsAt the smallest packs you can buy. Most of it lasts for more meals.RM 58.73
- Rice · 10 kgRM 32.99
- Coconut milk · 200 mlRM 4.00
- Eggs · 10 eggsRM 5.00
- Cucumber · 250 gRM 1.25
- Peanuts · 250 gRM 2.38
- Dried chillies · 100 gRM 2.19
- Shallots · 100 gRM 0.57
- Garlic · 100 gRM 1.00
- Onion · 250 gRM 1.00
- Ginger · 100 gRM 0.80
- Tamarind · 200 gRM 1.40
- Sugar · 1 kgRM 2.85
- Cooking oil · 1 kgRM 2.50
- Salt · 350 gRM 0.80
Ingredients for 4 plates
RM 11.32- Riceuses 400 gRM 1.32
- Coconut milkuses 200 mlRM 4.00
- Eggsuses 4 eggsRM 2.00
- Cucumberuses 150 gRM 0.75
- Peanutsuses 100 gRM 0.95
- Dried chilliesuses 30 gRM 0.66
- Shallotsuses 80 gRM 0.46
- Garlicuses 15 gRM 0.15
- Onionuses 100 gRM 0.40
- Gingeruses 10 gRM 0.08
- Tamarinduses 20 gRM 0.14
- Sugaruses 30 gRM 0.09
- Cooking oiluses 120 gRM 0.30
- Saltuses 8 gRM 0.02
Cooking: today's typical ingredient prices in Klang Valley, counting only what the recipe uses. Stall price: a typical range in the Klang Valley. Prices differ by place, so set the one you usually pay. Not in the price survey, so not counted: ikan bilis, pandan leaves.
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