Hi, everyone!
Thanks for your warm welcome in my first post a couple of days ago. And thanks for all the votes! I really appreciate it 💛❤️
This time, I wanna talk about the foods of my country, Indonesia. In general, many Indonesian foods use spices, with spicy and savory taste, although some may be sweet. There are also many varieties and have characteristics according to their regions of origin.
Below, these are a few of the types of Indonesian foods. I didn't cook them, I just took the photos. I helped my friend to take photos for her food business (small business). The photo I post here has never been used before. Please understand that I’m not a professional photographer and these photos are taken by camera phone (Xiaomi mi5s, edited with Snapseed). So, bear with me, my friends 😁
Rendang (Steak with Padang spicy sauce)
| Region | : | West Sumatra (Padang / Minang) |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | : | beef, coconut milk, chilies, shallots, garlic, galangal, turmeric, lemongrass, ginger, ground nutmeg |
| How to cook | : | cut the meat and mix it with all the ground spices so that the spices are absorbed. Heat the coconut milk until it boils, add the meat, stir the coconut milk until the oil comes out of the meat, stir until it becomes thick, dry, and turns brown. |
| Variants | : | chicken, egg, lung, potato, fish, shellfish, shrimp, eel |
Cakalang asap kecombrang (Smoked skipjack with torch ginger)
| Region | : | North Sulawesi (Manado) |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | : | smoked skipjack tuna, red bird's eye chilies, curly red chilies, shallots, garlic, galangal, bay leaves, tamarind water, salt, pepper, torch ginger |
| How to cook | : | Chopped skipjack tuna, put it in the mashed spices and cook it until the sauce is reduced, add torch ginger. |
| Variants | : | medium or shredded fish pieces |
Paru balado (Beef lung with chili sauce)
| Region | : | West Sumatra (Padang / Minang) |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | : | Lungs, chilies, bird's eye chilies, shallots, tomatoes |
| How to cook | : | Boil beef lung until tender, remove from heat, drain, fry, set aside. Spices are mashed and sauteed until cooked, put in the fried lungs, stir until evenly distributed |
| Variants | : | meat, chicken, eggs, fish, tempeh, eggplant |
Baby cumi sambal pete (Salted squid with bitter beans and chili sauce)
| Region | : | West Java (Sunda) |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | : | Salted squid, chilies, bird's eye chilies, shallots, garlic, lime leaves, lemongrass, bitter bean |
| How to cook | : | Soak squid in hot water for about 15 minutes to reduce the salt content. Drain, fry, add the spices, finally add the bitter bean. |
| Variants | : | salted fish, shrimp |
Empal gepuk (Fried beaten beef with sweet and spices)
| Region | : | West Java (Sunda) |
|---|---|---|
| Ingredients | : | Beef, shallots, garlic, chilies, coriander, palm sugar, salt, lemongrass, galangal, bay leaves, coconut milk, turmeric water |
| How to cook | : | Beaten beef until slightly tender, soak the meat in the spices that have been mixed with coconut milk, boil again until the coconut water has shrunk, fried until brown. |
| Variants | : | - |
And that’s it, those are a short listed of Indonesian foods, a few of many types of foods from different regions in the country. These foods are the main dishes, eaten with rice. Sometimes added with lalapan (fresh vegetables) and kerupuk (crackers).
Are you interested in trying one of them? Have you ever tried Indonesian food? If so, tell me about your experience, will you?
Thanks for reading 😊
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Well, you are great at photography stuff. You can start to try to write about food reviews next time. :)
Keep going.
Thank you, @anggreklestari. Thanks for your suggestion too, it means a lot. Next time I'll try to write about food reviews 😃
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