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Bumbu is the Indonesian word for a blend of spices and for pastes and it commonly appears in the names of spice mixtures, sauces and seasoning pastes. The official Indonesian language dictionary describes bumbu as "various types of herbs and plants that have a pleasant aroma and flavour — such as ginger, turmeric, galangal, nutmeg and pepper — used to enhance the flavour of the food."
Toasted coconut flesh is pounded to an oily paste to make kerisik.. Kerisik (Jawi: كريسيق), also known as ambu-ambu in Minangkabau and kelapa gongseng in Indonesian, is a condiment or spice made from grinding toasted and grated coconut used in cooking among the Malay and Minangkabau communities of Indonesia, Malaysia [1] and Singapore.
Just like many fermented food products in the region (e.g. belacan, pekasam, cincalok, budu, and tapai), tempoyak was probably discovered unintentionally; from the excessive unconsumed durian and thus left fermented, during the abundance of durian season in the region.
Gulai is a Minangkabau class of spicy and rich stew commonly found in Indonesia, [4] Malaysia and Singapore.The main ingredients of this dish are usually poultry, goat meat, beef, mutton, various kinds of offal, fish and seafood, as well as vegetables such as cassava leaves, unripe jackfruit and banana stem.
Masak lemak lada api is a pungent and rich gulai that usually consists of coconut milk mixed with turmeric, giving the dish the characteristic vibrant yellowish green colour, and infused with a generous amount of bird's eye chili (lada api/cili api/cili padi in Malay), which adds the fiery kick to the dish. It is often hailed as the most ...
Gulai babek, gulai babat or gulai paruik kabau, gulai of cow tripes; Gulai iso or gulai usus, gulai of cow intestines usually filled with eggs and tofu;
Kue cara, savory deep-fried dough with toppings of seasoned shredded tuna, a slice of chili, scallion, and celery. [24] Kue carabikang, a sweet cake made of rice flour, shaped like flower-chapped and colorful. Cenil, rice flour-based small glutinous cake, sweetened with sugar, moulded and coloured. Served with fresh grated coconut.
Moke is made from fermenting palmyra palm and sugar palm fruits, the technique of which is traditionally taught from generation to generation. Distillation is often done directly in people's yards, using customary cases made of clay for the fermentation process. [3]