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.

Gulai Kambing " Tongseng " ( Indonesian Tradisional Lamb Curry )

This one dishes are very delicious when eaten warm, sweet and savory taste that will not make us stop eating it. The original cuisine of Solo, Central Java is very much demand in Indonesia, Yes, "Tongseng ". Tongseng is goat meat or beef stew dishes in curry-like soup with vegetables and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce). Originally from Surakarta in Indonesian province of Central Java. The soup is made of ground mix­ture of garlic, shallot, black pepper, ginger, coriander, galangal, salam (bay leaves), and lemongrass sauteed with oil until it gets aromatic. The diced meat then poured into the sauteed mixture until cooked. Add water until it boiled and add sweet soy sauce with tamarind juice. After the boiled boiled reduces, add shredded cabbages and sliced tomato. Tongseng is usually served with hot steamed rice. The soup of tongseng is similar to gulai soup, however gulai is without sweet soy sauce while tongseng always brownish gold because the addition of sweet soy sauce. Gulai is usually using cows offals while tongseng usually only uses meat (goat, mutton or beef).

Tempeh Fried Mendoan

You know with Tempeh? Tempe is a native Indonesian food made ​​from soybeans, which contain so many nutrients and proteins derived from soybeans. Now I will invite you to make one of the foods made from tempeh is called Tempe Mendoan. Tempe Mendoan is a kind of tempeh cooking that is made from thin tempeh, fried with flour so as to taste deliciously piquant. Traditionally in the Banyumas territory, tempe mendoan was made from thin, wide tempeh, one or two sheets cooked at a time. However, tempe mendoan also could be made from normal tempeh that was sliced very thin but wide.

Petai Bean ( Bitter Bean ) Green Chilli Sauce

In Indonesia, petai bean is very popular in the highlands of Java, Sumatra, especially among Batak, Minangkabau and many other people in different cultures of the island. Petai bean has earned its nickname 'stink bean' because its strong smell is very pervasive. It lingers in the mouth and body. Like asparagus, it contains certain amino acids that give a strong smell to one's urine, an effect that can be noticed up to two days after consumption.