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Thursday, January 5, 2012

Gado - Gado Food

There's another original Indonesian salad that uses peanut sauce that was tasty and delicious stew mixed with fresh vegetables. "Gado-gado" (in Indonesian or Betawi), also called "Lotek" (in the Sundanese language). Gado-gado is one food that originated from Indonesia in the form of boiled vegetables and mixed together, with herbs or a sauce of crushed peanuts with sliced ​​egg and fried onions sprinkled on top. Little fried chips or crackers (some are taking prawn crackers) was also added. Gado-gado can eat just like a salad with herbs / peanut sauce, but also can be eaten with white rice or sometimes also served with rice cake.

Pecek Catfish ( Pecel Lele In Indonesia )

This food is very unpopular for Indonesian people, all walks can enjoy it because the price is relatively cheap. This food is very popular in the area of origin on the island of Java. "Yes, Pecel catfish (or Pecek catfish)". Pecel catfish in Indonesia is the name of a food made from catfish, which usually is dry-fried catfish with oil and then served with tomato sauce and fresh vegetables. Crudites pecel ordinary catfish consists of basil, cabbage, cucumbers and beans.

Yellow Rice ( Nasi Kuning In Indonesia )




Many traditional Indonesian dishes that are well known to foreign countries, one of which is yellow rice. Yellow rice is a typical Indonesian food. This food is made ​​from rice cooked with turmeric and coconut milk and spices. With the addition of spices and coconut milk, saffron rice has a more savory flavor than white rice. Plain yellow rice served with various side dishes typical of Indonesia. In the tradition of Indonesia color symbolizes the golden mountain of yellow rice that meaningful wealth, prosperity and the moral high ground. Therefore yellow rice is often served at Thanksgiving events and happy events such as birth, marriage and fiance. In the Balinese tradition, the color yellow is one of the four sacred colors that exist, in addition to white, red and black. Yellow rice is therefore often used as a dish on ceremonial brass.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Betawi Soup ( Soto Betawi In Indonesia )

One of the most popular dishes by Indonesia is soto. Soto, sroto, or coto is a typical Indonesian food made from meat and vegetable broth. The most common meat used is beef and chicken, but also pigs and goats.  There are several types of soup in Indonesia, each has a way of presenting different. Soto could be served with various toppings, such as crackers, cakes, chips melinjo, chili sauce, peanut sauce, and others. And also it is with other additives such as boiled egg satay, satay shells, lime, Koya (mixed stack of crackers with garlic) etc.

Octopus Sauce

If you go to Asia, Indonesia especially you will definitely find a wide variety of cuisines that use chili peppers spicy. Sambal is a chili-based sauce the which is normally used as a condiment. Sambals are popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the southern Philippines and Sri Lanka, as well as in the Netherlands and in Suriname through Javanese influence. It is typically made ​​from a variety of chili peppers and is Sometimes a substitute for fresh chilis. It can be extremely spicy for the uninitiated. Some ready-made sambals are available at exotic food markets or gourmet departments in Supermarkets in many countries.