Indonesian food

Empek-empek palembang

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.