3 Traditional Indonesian Food and Its Origin
Indonesia has a variety of traditional food. Because it consists of many provinces and in each province has a typical food of their respective regions. It could be that each region has dozens of typical foods, but of the many typical foods of course only a few are famous to national and even international.
For those of you who have a hobby of traveling, surely less afdhol if you do not taste typical food from the places visited. Therefore, in this article will be presented a collection of menus of typical foods from several regions that you can later try, if visiting tourist attractions throughout Indonesia.
1. MieAceh (Aceh Noodle)
Aceh noodles are spicy noodles typical of Aceh. The main ingredient used for this traditional noodle is yellow noodles or egg noodles. Aceh noodles are served with slices of mutton or beef, but some combine them with seafood such as crab, shrimp or squid. This noodle is served with a savory and spicy curry soup.
Aceh noodles are available in three types, among others, half-wet Aceh noodles, fried or dried Aceh noodles and Aceh noodle soup or soup. Usually in its presentation sprinkled with fried onions, emping, cucumber, pieces of shallots and a squeeze of lime juice.
2. Karee Kambing
Karee kameng is a traditional acehnese food. This food is the most favorite dish for Acehnese. Karee kameng or also called goat curry is a side dish that is almost always in rice shops or in various events. In various rice shops, this curry is displayed in front of the shop using a large skillet or cauldron that is always heated.
The appearance of this curry is not much different from goat's goulash in general. The gravy is thick yellow with pieces of mutton and its bones cooked together. The smell is very fragrant, the aroma of spices is very pronounced. In addition, this curry does not have the smell of goat's typical prengus.
Aceh curry sauce is a little murky because the amount of spices used complete with marrow comes from goat bones. This goat curry is very suitable to be served with warm rice and grilled mutton pieces and pieces of cayenne pepper.
3. Gado-Gado
Gado-gado is a traditional Indonesian food from Betawi that is very popular and began to be known since the 16th century. At first glance, gado-gado is almost the same as other Indonesian specialties such as pecel from East Java or Lotek from West Java. The difference lies in the peanut sauce, gado-gado does not use kencur.
Even gado-gado gets the name of a typical Indonesian salad, because this food consists of various types of vegetables mixed into one and watered with mashed peanut sauce. In addition, this food is usually served with egg slices and an appetizing sprinkling of fried onions.
This food is also easy to find in various restaurants, food stalls or even on the streetside aka street food and can be enjoyed with rice or pieces of lontong.
Gado-gado is loved by Indonesian people from various layers. Even because it is so popular, foreign tourists also know it as "carte de jour" or one of the culinary lists that must be tried when visiting Indonesia.