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Pempek, mpek-mpek and also known as colloquially as empek-empek is a savoury Indonesian fishcake delicacy, made of fish and tapioca, from Palembang, [1] South Sumatera, Indonesia. Pempek is served with a rich sweet and sour sauce called kuah cuka or kuah cuko (lit.
Tumpeng in a cone. The cone-shaped rice is surrounded by assorted Indonesian dishes, such as urap vegetables, ayam goreng (fried chicken), ayam bakar (grilled chicken), empal gepuk (sweet and spicy fried beef), abon sapi (beef floss), semur (beef stew in sweet soy sauce), teri kacang (anchovy with peanuts), fried prawn, telur pindang (boiled marble egg), shredded omelette, tempe orek (sweet ...
Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions that formed in the archipelagic nation of Indonesia.There are a wide variety of recipes and cuisines in part because Indonesia is composed of approximately 6,000 populated islands of the total 17,508 in the world's largest archipelago, [1] [2] with more than 600 ethnic groups.
The etymology of the name ketoprak is unknown, and its name similarity to the Javanese folk-drama is peculiar. However, according to popular Betawi tradition, ketoprak was actually derived from the acronym of ketupat tahu digeprak, [1] to refer its ingredients; which are ket from ketupat, to from tahu and toge, and prak from digeprak (Betawi for: "mashed" or "crushed"), which describes the ...
Padang dish or Minangkabau dish is the cuisine of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia.It is among the most popular cuisines in Maritime Southeast Asia.It is known across Indonesia as Masakan Padang (Padang cuisine) after Padang, the capital city of Western Sumatra province. [1]
Acehnese cuisine is the cuisine of the Acehnese people of Aceh in Sumatra, Indonesia.This cuisine is popular and widely known in Indonesia. Arab, Persian, and Indian [1] [2] traders influenced food culture in Aceh although flavours have substantially changed their original forms. [3]
Howard Palfrey Jones, the US ambassador to Indonesia during the last years of Sukarno's reign in the mid-1960s, in his memoir "Indonesia: The Possible Dream", said that he liked nasi goreng. He described his fondness for nasi goreng cooked by Hartini, one of Sukarno's wives, and praised it as the most delicious nasi goreng he ever tasted. [22]
The term Nusantara derives from a combined two words of Austronesian and Sanskrit origin, the word nūsa (see also nusa) meaning "island" in Old Javanese, is ultimately derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word *nusa with the same meaning, [12] and the word antara is a Javanese loanword borrowed from Sanskrit अन्तरा (antarā) meaning "between" or "in the middle", [13] thus ...