Maybe you have read or heard that Rendang, a dish made from beef, and originating from West Sumatra has been named the most delicious food in the world several times by several travel magazines and CNN. However, there are actually many others Indonesian foods and snacks that can make you addicted, because of their delicious taste. This may be because Indonesia is a tropical country that is rich in various food raw materials and spices.
Here are 10 street foods you should try. Of course, everything is fresh and delicious, because almost all authentic Indonesian food dishes are made from fresh ingredients.
1. Sate Ayam.
There are many variants of satay in Indonesia. The most famous is Chicken Satay. Chicken satay is made from fresh chicken meat of course, cut into cubes, skewered on bamboo sticks, then grilled with special spices (there are several variants).
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| Sate Ayam |
The sauce is made from peanuts, tamarind, brown sugar, shrimp paste, soy sauce, onions, garlic and salt. When served, the sauce is still added with a sprinkling of fried onions, but this is tentative.
Chicken Satay is a very popular street dish in Indonesia. This satay is usually enjoyed with ketupat, lontong or rice. You must maintain curiosity before trying this dish.
2. Rawon (Black Soup)
Chicken satay can be easily found in various regions of Indonesia with slightly different variants. But Rawon is only easy to find in East Java, Jakarta and Bali. This is because Rawon is an extraordinary culinary contribution from East Java.
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| Rawon (Black Soup) |
Made from beef, Rawon tastes fresh when eaten as a sauce for white rice. Rawon is made from the main ingredients of beef, pucung/kluwek/Kepayang (Pangium edule) which makes the sauce black, sprouts, and various spices.
It is usually served with salted egg, crackers and spicy shrimp paste chili sauce. Apart from being fresh, this dish also tastes delicious and has a unique taste that is difficult to find an equivalent to.
In the city of Surabaya, rawon is the most popular street food and is liked by all the residents there.
3. Nasi Goreng.
Nasi Goreng, in Indonesia this food is known as the food of a million people, it is so popular. There are so many variations that can be presented in this genre of cooking. There is classic fried rice, chicken fried rice, goat fried rice, shrimp fried rice, squid fried rice and various others.
However, the main ingredient for fried rice is rice. With the main seasonings being garlic, shallots, ground pepper, soy sauce and the best frying agent is margarine. Generally fried rice is served spicy, but of course it doesn't have to be. The minimum complement is fried egg and crackers.
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| Nasi Goreng |
Usually Indonesians enjoy this menu for dinner, that's why there are so many roadside stalls found throughout Indonesia at night that specifically sell this menu as the main menu.
Indonesians call this menu an all-weather menu. Yes, because at the household level, fried rice is often served as breakfast!
Don't be surprised if you visit your acquaintance's house in Indonesia and get a breakfast treat in the form of fried rice.
Want to try it yet?
4. Bakso (Meatballs)
Meatballs are one of former US president Barack Obama's favorite Indonesian foods. This is the most favorite food in Indonesia. In Indonesia, meatballs are served as a clear soup. However, consumers generally add soy sauce so that the soup becomes reddish.
The main ingredient for meatballs is meat (especially beef, but chicken can also be used as an ingredient, pork can also be used). The meat is ground until smooth with spices including onions, pepper and salt. Then molded round with boiling water.
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| Bakso (Meatballs) |
The sauce is made from meat stock, pepper, nutmeg and salt. Then the flavoring consists of pieces of celery and fried onions. In the presentation, noodles and vermicelli are added. As in general enjoying Indonesian style soup, chili sauce is the main complement.
This dish is a dish that can be eaten in the morning, afternoon or evening. So you can find meatball shops from 10 am until late at night.
Never to doubt about the delicious taste of Bakso.
5. Gado-Gado
Gado-gado is basically a salad. In Indonesia, this kind of menu grouped as a type of rujak dish. The main ingredients are various vegetables, with the addition of fried tempeh, fried tofu, boiled potatoes and boiled eggs.
Vegetables which generally consist of cabbage, kale, long beans are steamed until cooked separately. The sprouts are soaked in boiling water. Beans, tempeh and tofu are fried.
The peanut sauce consists of: fried peanuts, garlic, tamarind, brown sugar, galangal, shrimp paste and salt. Some add soy sauce, but that's optional.
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| Gado-gado |
Serve by arranging the vegetables then adding pieces of tofu, fried tempeh and boiled potatoes. Then add boiled eggs cut in half, then pour peanut sauce on top. Sprinkle with fried shallots and emping mlinjo.
In big cities in Indonesia you will find a lot of this street food.
6. Gulai Kambing.
Gulai Kambing or Goat Meat Curry is a soupy dish and a counterpart to Sate Kambing, generally those traders who serve Goat Curry also provide goat satay. Goat satay is made from goat meat with soy sauce mixed with tomatoes, chilies, raw shallots and ground pepper.
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| Gulai Kambing |
This curry has a savory taste and tends to have a lot of fat, because it is made from goat meat and the main sauce is coconut milk. seasoned with shallots, garlic, roasted candlenuts, turmeric, ginger, galangal, coriander, bay leaves and lemongrass. Added with brown sugar.
This is a common spice in Java, Padang people usually add cumin and cinnamon for seasoning but never use brown sugar.
Everything is cooked by boiling, then served sprinkled with fried shallots. The taste is of course very yummyyy... but you have to be careful if you have problems with cholesterol.
You can often find goulash stalls in Jakarta and Central Java.
7. Mie Ayam (Chicken Noodle)
Like Bakso, this street food can be found everywhere in Indonesia, both those who live by opening kiosks and those selling it on mobile.
Chicken Noodles is a traditional Indonesian dish influenced by Chinese cooking styles. And this dish has become an everyday part of society. The Bakso kiosk usually also provides Chicken Noodles, and vice versa. And there is a dish that combines Chicken Noodles and Meatballs to become Meatball Chicken Noodles.
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| Mie Ayam |
Noodles as a basic ingredient are made from wheat, some also add 5% tapioca. The processing still adds a little salt and 1 egg per kilo. The noodles that will be cooked and served are fresh noodles made that day.
The complement to chicken noodles is small pieces of chicken cooked with onions, sweet soy sauce, pepper and bay leaves. Not only that, you will still add chopped green onions, fried onions and tomato sauce.
Basically, Chicken Noodles are a heavy food that can be a main meal. It feels like? Please just try it yourself....
8. Pempek
Pempek is a food originating from Palembang, South Sumatra. Pempek is a food made from tapioca flour and fish. Initially the fish used was belida fish, as this type of fish decreased and then it was included in the protected animal article, then pempek was made from a mixture of various freshwater fish and sea fish.
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| Pempek |
The fish is mixed with tapioca flour, then seasoned with salt, garlic, sugar and added with 2 eggs for each mixture. Mix all the mixture with a little water then stir using your hands until evenly mixed. Shape it lengthwise then boil it until it floats. Drain then fry.
Meanwhile, the sauce for pempek is called cuko, which is made from brown sugar, tamarind, garlic, salt and chili. All ingredients are boiled. After frying, pempek is served with cuko sauce and cucumber slices. It tastes deliciously fresh.
A famous type of pempek is "pempek submarine", which is pempek filled with chicken eggs and fried in hot oil. There are also others such as pempek lenjer, pempek round (or known as "ada'an"), fish skin pempek, pempek pistel (containing slices of boiled young papaya that have been sauteed and seasoned), small egg pempek, and curly pempek.
9. Nasi Padang (Padang Rice)
You can find Padang restaurants anywhere throughout Indonesia, from large restaurants to food stalls. Yes, Padang, West Sumatra contributes various culinary delights to Indonesia. From the world-famous beef rendang to the typical Padang omelette. You can enjoy a variety of Padang dishes at Padang restaurants, and the food package is always called Nasi Padang.
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| Nasi Padang |
At Padang Restaurant, you will immediately get a plate of rice and various side dishes of your choice. From dry side dishes, such as yam or grilled fish, fried fish to soupy ones such as fish curry, chicken curry to rendang.
We can ask for the package directly on one plate or they will serve various dishes on separate plates alongside the rice. You only have to pay for what you eat.
In large restaurants there is usually a serving attraction with waiters carrying lots of dishes without any tools.
10. Bubur Ayam (Chicken Porridge)
Chicken porridge sellers can be found everywhere in Indonesia, especially in the morning, because chicken porridge is generally a breakfast menu for Indonesians. This may be because porridge tends to be lighter than regular rice.
The chicken porridge package is rice porridge, added with pieces of fried chicken, pieces of spring onions, fried onions, fried soybeans, sweet soy sauce, seasoning sauce and crackers.
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| Bubur Ayam |
Now you can find various variants of toppings, some use cheese or various other creations. But the standard one is above. There are also those who add boiled eggs as an additional topping.
The taste of chicken porridge is really complete, sweet, salty and spicy because of the mixture of chili sauce. But don't worry, the spicy taste depends on the consumer, we can ask not to use chili sauce or ask to add chili sauce in the amount according to our wishes.
