Indonesia
54 dishes.
RawonEast Javanese black beef soup coloured by keluak nuts
RendangSlow-cooked coconut beef, festive table essential
RujakUnripe fruit tossed in a dressing of palm sugar, tamarind, chilli and shrimp paste
SambalChili relishes pounded fresh; hundreds of regional variations
Sambal MatahRaw Balinese relish of sliced shallot, lemongrass, chilli and coconut oil
SatayGrilled skewers with peanut sauce and lontong; countless regional versions
SerabiSmall rice-flour pancakes cooked in clay pans, eaten with coconut or palm sugar
Sop BuntutClear oxtail soup with vegetables, also fried or grilled
Soto AyamTurmeric chicken soup with vermicelli, egg and sambalfermented & pickledTapaiCassava or glutinous rice fermented with yeast into a sweet, slightly boozy mash
TaucoSalty paste of fermented yellow soybeans stirred into stir-fries and sambals
Teh TaluaStrong tea whipped with raw egg yolk, sugar and lime into a foamfermented & pickledTempehSoybeans bound into a firm cake by white mould, nutty and dense
Tempeh GorengMarinated fried fermented-soy slices, everyday proteinfermented & pickledTempoyakDurian flesh salted and fermented into a sour paste cooked with fish or chilli
TerasiDark block of fermented shrimp, toasted until fierce and pounded into sambalwine & spiritTuakPalm sap fermented into sour cloudy wine, drunk from bamboo cups
Ulat SaguLive sago palm grubs eaten raw or skewered and grilled, rich and buttery-
Bekasam
Freshwater fish fermented with rice and salt until sour, then fried. A fermented & pickled recipe from Indonesia.
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Bika Ambon
Yellow honeycomb cake of tapioca and coconut milk, chewy and faintly fermented. Ready in 30 min prep and 50 min…
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Brem
Sweet low-strength rice wine pressed from fermented glutinous rice, amber and syrupy. A wine & spirit recipe from Indonesia.
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Bubur Ayam
Chicken rice porridge with crullers, soy sauce and sambal. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 1 hour 15 minutes cooking.…
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Coto Makassar
Beef and offal soup thickened with ground peanuts and rice water, eaten with ketupat. Ready in 40 min prep and…
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Dadih
Buffalo milk fermented in a bamboo tube until set, eaten with rice and palm sugar. A cheese & dairy recipe…
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Es Cendol
Green rice-flour worms in coconut milk with palm sugar syrup and ice. Ready in 40 min prep and 25 min…
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Es Teler
Avocado, jackfruit and coconut in iced condensed-milk syrup. Ready in 20 min prep and none cooking. 4 servings. A dessert…
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Gudeg
Yogyakarta young jackfruit stewed sweet in coconut milk and palm sugar. Ready in 40 min prep and 5 hr cooking.…
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Jamu
Herbal tonics of turmeric, ginger and tamarind, sold bottled. Ready in 20 min prep and 20 min cooking. 4 glasses.…