11 Popular Betawi Foods

11 Popular Betawi Foods

1. Kerak Telor

Kerak Telor is a special food that is very famous Betawi especially during the Jakarta Fair. Kerak Telor is almost similar to martabak, the difference lies in the content and how to load it. The contents of the Kerak Telor are sticky rice and sweet potatoes. How to cook the Kerak Telor, ie, by heating it on a charcoal stove.

 2. Nasi Uduk

Almost all Jakarta (though not Betawi) masculine people know rice uduk. Nasi uduk is very familiar as breakfast in Jakarta. Similar to liwet rice, nasi uduk made from white rice cooked with spices. The nasi uduk spices are like salt, coconut milk, lemongrass leaves, bay leaf, and lime leaves. The taste of rice uduk very delicious and tasty. Rice uduk commonly eaten with sliced ​​omelet, jengkol stew, fried chicken, empal, balado potatoes, and peanut sauce.

3. Nasi Ulam

Nasi ulam is a typical Betawi food that also gets the influence of Chinese culinary culture. Nasi ulam usually uses pera rice sprinkled with potato stew / stew / egg stew. Nasi ulam is also added with fried salted squid, fried rice noodles, sliced ​​omelet, and potato cakes. Nasi ulam is added with the addition of basil leaves, chili sauce, fried onions, and ground mashed sprinkles.

 4. Ketupat Sayur / Lontong Sayur

Ketupat vegetable is a typical food of Betawi commonly used as breakfast menu. Ketupat vegetables are made from slices of ketupat / lontong with a tasty coconut milk sauce. Sprinkle of vegetable ketupat such as fried onion, soybean, and crackers / emping

5. Gado-gado

Gado-gado is one of the culinary pride of Indonesia. Foreigners call gado-gado called 'selada Indonesia'. Gado-gado contains lontong / ketupat, vegetables, crackers and fried onions. Gado-gado can be eaten at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. In Jakarta, a lot of sellers gado-gado.

6. Ketoprak

Ketoprak is made of ketupat or lontong containing vermicelli, toge, and tofu. Betawi Ketoprak with delicious flavor is watered and stirred with peanut sauce. Ketoprak is also sprinkled with crackers. This typical Betawi food includes a mild 'light' heavy meal.

7. Semur Jengkol

Semur Jengkol is the only betawi typical food that is indisputable again its authenticity. Other typical betawi cuisine may have its twin in other areas but the jengkol stew is only in Betawi area only. Betawi people can make jengkol into a delicious dish of stews. To eliminate the smell, ordinary jengkol soak in lime or water from rice stalk stew. In the past, the area of ​​Pondok Gede and Lubang Buaya is an area in Jakarta that there are many jengkol trees.

 8. Laksa Betawi

Laksa comes from Cibinong area which then penetrated to Jakarta as Laksa Betawi. Betawi Laksa businessman is usually a Betawi Chinese. Laksa is a food type sepinggan berkuah. Laksa contains vermicelli, egg, cake, basil leaf, and chives. Culinary influenced by China has a taste that is tasty and sweet

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 9. Pindang Bandeng

Pindang bandeng almost resembles stews but there is addition of star fruit wuluh. The taste of pindang bandeng is very tasty and fresh. Same with rice uduk, usually pindang bandeng eaten at breakfast and cooked on the previous afternoon. 

 10. Soto Betawi

Soto Betawi with coconut milk with the contents of beef, tomato, and potatoes. Soto Betawi taste is very delicious and tasty. Betawi soto meat feels soft, and the sauce tastes delicious. Food sepinggan typical betawi is very suitable eaten with white rice as lunch.

11. Soto Tangkar

This particular food was born during the Dutch colonial period. At that time, the Betawi people were only able to buy ribs of beef with a little meat (anchor). Then, the Betawi people turned him into a good soto. Now, soto tangkar plus meat and offal. Soto tangkar coconut milk but it is not too 'heavy'.

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10 Typical Palembang Foods that You Must Try

10 Typical Palembang Foods that You Must Try

1. Pempek Who does not know this special food palembang delicious this one. Pempek is made of fish, flour and sago. Usually this pempek served with a delicious condensed cuko. Pempek has developed into many variations For example there are pempek submarine, pempek lenjer, pempek kink, pempek adaan and others. Although in other areas pempek easy to find, but try directly made pempek original people of Palembang certainly more delicious.

2. Tekwan Tekwan made almost the same as the material used to make pempek and tekwan. Differences form tekwan made small round resembles fish meatballs. Tekwan served with broth sauce of shrimp added with celery sprinkling, fried onions, sprinkling onion, vermicelli, bengkoang pieces, and mushroom ear.

3. Laksan Kulinier typical palembang this one is similar to pempek lenjer already diiiris 1 cm thick. But the difference, Laksan served not with cuko but using coconut milk.

4. Pindang Patin Pindang is a famous food of palembang other than pempek. The taste is delicious and also spicy, making the taste must be addicted. The main ingredient of this food is catfish cooked with spices such as red pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic, onion, pineapple and other spices. Pindang delicious eaten with rice and also additional sambal tempoyak or mango sauce.

5. Celor Noodles Celor noodles are noodles served with thick coconut milk and mixed with shrimp broth and vegetable vegetables such as toge. This typical Palembang noodle has a thick shape like udon. Different like ordinary noodles, Mie Celor has a thick and very tasty sauce.

6. Martabak Har One is similar to ordinary martabak eggs, but the difference Martabak Har only use only batik wrapped with martabak skin. Martabak har sauce is a curry sauce that has a strong spice flavor, and mixed with potatoes and meat.

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Indonesian Food that is really popular in the world , You should try it !

Indonesia , a country that full of with many cultures and of course many kind of its traditional food. Indonesia with so many spices that it has gives us so many kind of food that can be cooked. with these spices , there are lot of food choice for indonesian people to eat, from Sabang to Merauke there are lot choice of food, and many of them shown in the word gourmet festival. of course it's because of the taste of indonesian spices which hard to find in other countries.

So for you who has a great appetite , and you have time to visit indonesia , these are the following food you should try!

1. Rendang

Probably Indonesian most popular food in the world, Rendang , the taste of this food from West Sumatera ever made it 1st rank in world's 50 delicious food CNN version in 2011, not only that rendang has ever mentioned as world most favourite food.

Luckily this delicious food is not hard to find , even in almost every place in Indonesia, there are Padang restaurant that provide this delicious food.

2. Fried Rice ( Nasi Goreng )

Fried rice , Food that easy to find and many people looking for it especially in the night. even many indonesian people make it themselves, from street vendor to 5 star restaurant has this food in their menu for sure. Even former US president, Barrack Obama mentioned this food as his favourite food.

3. Oxtail Soup ( Sup Buntut )

Oxtail soup is made cow tail that has been cut which cooked with selected spices, then put on cow broth with the slices of carrots, leeks, fried onion, tomato, potato and also celery. Oxtail soup oftenly become menu options in many restaurant in Indonesia. even there are 300 people in Madrid spain who fall in love with this food when Indonesia embassy serves for Madrid citizen.

4. Gado - Gado

Gado - gado is a mixed vegetables with peanuts sauces. It's one food in Indonesia that is so easy to find in Jakarta. this food is always served with vegetables, potatoes, boiled eggs and crackers. this food is also become favorite menu in many restaurant Indonesia. for the record in 2010 in Napoli, Italy, Gado - Gado became a champion in aesthetic dish category, which is such a proud for Indonesian.

4. Sate

The other Indonesian food, which is also popular is Sate. Sate is always tempt with the taste of this food. There are 2 choices of Sate , Padang and Madura which is most of Indonesians favorites. Where ever you are , sate is always available

many of foreign tourist who travels to Indonesia also like sate, it's because of the taste that can always spoil your tongue. so for you who want to visit Indonesia, make sure you try this food, you won't regret it

5. Soto

if Indonesian's talking about Soto what comes to our mind is fresh , savory and spoil our tongue. there are many version of soto such as Medan , Jakarta , Cow , Chicken and Makassar. This Indonesian food's rich with spices that makes it's so delicious to eat.

6. Gudeg

If you ever come to Yogyakarta ( Also Known as Jogjakarta ) should be familiar with this food. this food is so easy to find in there. it made from jack fruit that cooked with palm sugar and santan. its sweet and spices taste makes  lots of tourist want to try this food. Beside Jogja you can also find this food in some cities in center and east java. 

well, those are the Foods you should try if you visit Indonesia , we guarantee you'll never regret it !

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