5 Indonesian Special Foods You Need to Know

 5 Indonesian Special Foods You Need to Know

Indonesia has become one of the countries that has many characteristics of its own, one of which is its specialty food. For those of you who like culinary, do you already know what foods are Indonesian specialties?

1. Fried Rice

Who doesn't know fried rice? You can even cook it yourself right? Fried rice besides being popular in Indonesia is also well known abroad. Fried rice is usually cooked with a simple seasoning, with salty or sweet soy sauce and eggs, but it is not uncommon for people to mix seafood or meatballs into fried rice.

2. Meatballs

Meatballs are balls made of processed beef or chicken mixed with flour, usually served with gravy, noodles and vermicelli. We can find meatballs anywhere in Indonesia, but the most popular ones are Malang meatballs.

3. Satay

Satay is also often encountered in various countries, satay is meat that is skewered and then burned. Usually satay is served with peanut sauce and rice cake or rice cake. Sate which is famous in Indonesia is Sate Padang and Sate Madura.

4. Yellow Rice

Yellow rice is rice cooked with spices, coconut milk, and turmeric so that it becomes yellow and fragrant. Yellow rice is a typical Indonesian food usually served with chicken or fish. Yellow rice is often used at the inauguration or thanksgiving event which is also called rice cone, because in the Indonesian tradition the color of yellow rice symbolizes a golden mountain which means wealth, prosperity and noble morals.

5. Rendang

The food from Padang is beef cooked with various types of spices and coconut milk. Rendang is also famous for going abroad, this Minang specialty food tastes great!