Indonesian food is so much variety, because
Indonesia itself has a lot of islands, about 6,000 islands with a variety of
ethnic and cultural variety. With the variety of cultural and ethnic diversity
produces so many of them Indonesian food.
Almost
all Indonesian foods rich in flavor from the spices. Among others, such as
pecans, chili, ginger, turmeric, kencur, galangal, laos, sere, brown sugar,
onion and garlic. And usually followed by how to cook and tradition of each
area.
Basically,
there is no single form or a common form of food Indonesia. If there are
foreign tourists who ask like this, of course, Indonesian people themselves
confused answer. Because the Indonesian food is very diverse culture with
influences of each region. For example, rice is processed into white rice,
those that cultivate rice into rice oil and some rice into rice cone process.
White rice, there is a process into rice cake and some process into a diamond.
White
rice, consumed by the majority of western Indonesia, but the more common
eastern consume corn, sago, cassava and sweet potatoes.
In
southern Sumatra, people prefer rice oil for a variety of activities or events
such as marriage, circumcision, or religious events. Different with Java, most
people follow the tradition by serving rice cone for a variety of religious and
cultural activities.
Nevertheless,
there are a lot of Indonesian food was liked by most of the Indonesian people
or even many well-loved by people overseas.
Call
it like rendang, Indonesian foods typical of Padang, West Sumatra which is very
popular almost most people with a spicy taste really delicious when eaten with
white rice.
There
are also pempek, typical Indonesian food from Palembang, South Sumatra are also
very popular in almost all of Indonesia. Usually pempek is eaten along with
black sauce called "cuko".
Or
the most popular, satay, Indonesian food typical of Madura, East Java which is
very popular to almost every corner of the city in Indonesia there satay stall.
And
many more Indonesian food such as coto Makassar, Indonesia typical food
makasar, mie aceh Aceh typical Indonesian food, Indonesian food specialties
soto Betawi Jakarta, Indonesia typical of warm food jogjakarta Indonesia and
thousands of other kinds of food.
What
is clear, Indonesian food is rich in flavor from spices.
