Popular Indonesian food recipes have also become common across other Southeast Asian countries. Dishes such as satay, beef rendang, and sambal are enjoyed in both Malaysia and Singapore. Recipes based on soy products, including forms of tofu and tempe, are eaten widely. Tempe is a Javanese adaptation of soy-product fermentation. Popular in western Java, a similar local fermented alternative is oncom. This is often made with bases other than soy, produced from varying fungi and used in local food recipes.
Historically, Indonesia has enjoyed centuries of trade participation both because of its geographic location and its abundant natural resources. Over time, Indonesia’s native food preparation techniques and range of ingredients have been inpacted by foreigners. India, the Middle East, China, and the Spanish and Portuguese traders who brought with them European products prior to the arrival of the Dutch, who colonised most of the Indonesian archipelago.
Indonesian meat recipes in Indonesia differ from other regions. The meat is usually fried until crisp – in fact you can buy sun-dried dendeng which only needs coating with bumbu and frying to serve. Popular throughout Southeast Asia and Indonesia, satay is strips of skewered meat, grilled over charcoals and then eaten with a spicy … Read more Indonesian Meat Recipes 1
Your gastronomical experience in Bali is as enchanting and full of discovery as your cultural experience. I am a total believer that a significant portion of traveling should also involve your tastebuds. Of course, if you prefer to stick with cheeseburger or a Colonel Sanders’ meal-deal, or to drink your regular Bud light in your … Read more Balinese Food Culture
Traditional Performing Arts of Indonesia The sober, majestic, and profound court arts of eastern and central Java, where Javanese is spoken, include wayang kulit shadow theatre, wayang orang unmasked dance, and wayang topeng masked dance. Shadow-puppet theatre It is uncertain whether the shadow theatre is indigenous to Java or was brought from India, but the … Read more Indonesian Performing Arts
Gamelan orchestra Gamelan music is the most popular and important kind in Indonesia. Gamelan orchestras accompany all dances and dramas. Gamel means ‘to hammer’, and most of the instruments of a gamelan orchestra are struck with wooden mallets, padded sticks or hammers.The conductor of a gamelan orchestra is a drummer who is part of the … Read more Traditional Indonesian Music
Indonesian desserts recipes encompass a wide variety of delicious sweets, cakes and puddings. Many of the sweets are based are based on rice powder and coconut… Bubur Pulut Hitam Kue Mangkok Multilayered Butter Cake Crisp Sweet Striped Cookies Sticky Rice Cake in Brown Sugar Sauce Coconut Sweet Potato Cake Spiced Fruit Salad Banana Fritters Sticky … Read more Indonesian Desserts Recipes
Sambal Bajak Sambal Terasi Sambal Kacang Sambal Oelek Sambal Terong Sambal Bawang Sambal Soto Sambal Kecap Sambal Kecap Manis Sambal Dabo Lilang Base Gede (Basic Spice Paste) Base Be Siap (Spice Paste For Chicken) Base Be Sampi (Spice Paste For Beef) Base Be Pasih (Spice Paste For Seafood) Sambel Sere Tabia (Fried Bird’s Eye Chilies) … Read more Indonesian Sauces Recipes
Vegetarian recipes of Indonesia include: Chayotes Stew (Sayur Labu Siam) Crispy Fried Tempe (Keripik Tempe) Oseng-Oseng Wortel (Stir Fried Carrots) Indonesian Salad (Gado-Gado) Atjar Tjampoer Steamed Mushroom Wraps (Pepes Jamur Kuping) Sweet Eggplant Stew (Semur Terong) Cooked Vegetables with Grated Coconut (Urap) Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice) Terong Balado Asinan (Sweet And Sour Cucumber Salad) Fresh … Read more Indonesian Vegetarian Recipes
Pandan Chiffon cake is a light, fluffy or sponge cake of Indonesian / Malaysian origin, and is both flavoured and cloured with the juice of Pandanus amaryllifolius leaves. The cakes are light green in colour due to the chlorophyll in the leaf juice. This is a favourite snack in both Indonesia and Malaysia. The precise origin of … Read more Pandan Chiffon Cake
Meat Recipes of Indonesia: Peanut Chicken Prawns with Peanut Sauce Opor Solo Beef Semur Rendang Sambal Goreng Ati Ampela Potato and Beef Perkedel Sweet and Sour Shrimp Perkedel Sambal Goreng Petai Clam Satay Beef Satay Bali Satay Prawn Crackers- Krupu Ayam Kacang Bukittingga (Peanut Chicken) Yield: 6 servings Ingredients 1 md Onions, sliced (1/2 cup) … Read more Indonesia Meats Recipes 2
Indonesia, the largest archipelago and the fifth most populous nation in the world, has a total of 17,508 islands, of which about 6,000 are inhabited. Indonesia extends 3,198 miles (5,150km) between the Australian and Asian continental mainland and divides the Pacific and Indian Oceans at the Equator. 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 2. CLIMATE & WEATHER CONDITIONS … Read more Indonesia Country Information