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Papeda, or bubur sagu, is a type of congee made from sago starch. It is a staple food of the people indigenous to Eastern Indonesia, namely parts of Sulawesi, [1] the Maluku Islands and coastal Papua. [2]
Sago is a common and essential part of Papua New Guinean cuisine, [3] as the starch ingredient is included in several traditional dishes, such as pancakes and pudding. Sago is in the form of flour usually extracted from the palm tree. Staples of the Papua New Guinean diet include karuka, sweet potato (kaukau), cassava, breadfruit (ulu), and ...
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.
Multiple terms have been proposed to describe the native inhabitants of Eastern Indonesia.“Papuans” (Indonesian: Orang Papua) is the preferred term (especially in Indonesian and English) for inhabitants of New Guinea, since it is based on actual native nomenclature used by as recorded in several ancient native evidences.
Pempek in Indonesian 2006 stamp described as South Sumatran dish. Pempek is the best-known of Palembang's dishes. [3] Its origin is undoubtedly Palembang. However, the history behind the creation of this savoury dish is unclear.
Dendeng rusa (deer dendeng) can be found in the Nusa Tenggara islands and Papua. [4] Indonesian Chinese favor the similar dried pork dish known as bakkwa . Cocos Malays have been observed preserving many types of fish like jacks and barracudas this way, [ 5 ] a similar method is found among the Filipinos called daing .
Pandanus conoideus is a plant in the Pandanus family from New Guinea.Its fruit is eaten in Papua New Guinea and Papua, Indonesia.The fruit has several names: marata, marita in Papua New Guinea local language, kuansu in Dani of Wamena [1] [2] or buah merah ("red fruit") in common Indonesian.
Papua New Guinea has the largest fishery zone in the South Pacific with a zone of 2.4 million square kilometers. [9] [13] Papua New Guinea harvests and exports 14% of the worlds tuna supply, owing in part to agreements with the EU that allow duty free exports. [13] Tuna accounts for 99% of Papua New Guinea's total fish related exports. [13]