Indonesia is famous for its diverse culture, ranging from traditional house, dance, culture and food that is not behind. Nahh, now we will discuss about Indonesian food very / most preferred by people overseas. Proud? Definitely, want to know what foods are preferred by foreigners? Here are 7 Indonesian food Global.
1. Gado-Gado
Gado-gado is one of the foods that come from Indonesia in the form of vegetables are boiled and blended into one, with a seasoning or sauce of crushed peanuts with sliced egg and fried onions sprinkled on top. Slightly fried chips or crackers (some are wearing prawn crackers) are also added. Gado-gado can be eaten alone as a salad with herbs / peanut sauce, but can also be eaten with white rice or sometimes also served with rice cake.
2. Meatballs
Meatballs or meatball is a type of meat ball most prevalent in Indonesian cuisine. [1] The meatballs are generally made from a mixture of ground beef and tapioca flour, but there are also meatballs made from chicken, fish, or shrimp. In the presentation, the meatballs are generally served hot with a clear beef broth, mixed noodles, rice noodles, bean sprouts, tofu, sometimes eggs, sprinkled with fried onions and celery. The meatballs are very popular and can be found throughout Indonesia; of the cart street vendors to restaurants. Various types of meatballs now widely offered in the form of frozen foods sold in supermarkets and shopping malls. Sliced meatballs can also be used as a complement to other types of food such as fried noodles, fried rice, or cap cai. www.zootodays.blogspot.com
3. Pecel Lele
Pecel catfish (or Pecek catfish) in Indonesia is the name of a food that is made from catfish. Usually the question is dried catfish fried in oil and then served with sambal vegetables. Ordinary vegetables consisting of basil, cabbage, cucumbers, beans and chili.
4. Yellow Rice
Yellow rice is a typical Indonesian food. These foods are made of rice cooked with turmeric and coconut milk and spices. With the addition of spices and coconut milk, yellow rice has a more savory flavor than white rice. Yellow rice is one of the variations of white rice is often used as a cone. Yellow rice usually served with various side dishes typical of Indonesia. In the tradition of Indonesian rice color yellow symbolizes gold mountain meaningful wealth, prosperity and the moral high ground. Therefore, yellow rice often served at Thanksgiving events and happy events such as birth, marriage and fiance. In Balinese tradition, yellow is one of the four sacred colors available, in addition to white, red and black. Yellow rice therefore often used in ceremonial brass dish.
5. Siomay
In Indonesia there are many different types of cuisine variations based on meat dumplings for the contents, ranging from mackerel fish siomai, chicken, shrimp, crab, or a mixture of chicken and shrimp. Materials for the contents mixed with sago or tapioca. Siomai also no longer wrapped in the skin of the flour. Chicken eggs and vegetables such as potatoes, bitter melon, and cabbage with the content or no content is also served in a dish together siomai. Tofu meatballs (know the contents) are also included in this type of siomai. Shumai (dumplings duo) served after flushing bean sauce made from crushed peanuts and diluted with water. Seasoning for chili bean sauce among other things, sugar, garlic, salt, and vinegar or lemon juice. When served, the dumplings can be given extra soy sauce, chili sauce bottle, or tomato sauce.
6. Fried Rice
Fried rice in Indonesia and in other countries can have its own variations depending on the region of origin and seasonings or ingredients used. This variation is usually influenced by the foods commonly used by local communities and herb seasoning influence of neighboring countries, foreign or ethnic cultural influences innate that comes to the country.
7. Satai (Sate)
Sate or satai is a food made from pieces of meat (chicken, goat, lamb, beef, pork, fish, etc.) are cut into small pieces, and ditusuki with satay puncture is usually made of bamboo, then burnt using charcoal wood. Sate is then presented with a variety of seasonings (depends on satay recipe variations).
