Indonesian Recipes Archive

  • Ikan Ceng Cuan

    Ikan Ceng Cuan (Braised Ginger Fish – Peranakan Style)

    Ikan Ceng Cuan is a Cina Benteng fish dish. For non-Indonesian, the term Cina Benteng might not be familiar. Cina Benteng is literally translated as Fortress Chinese or Benteng Chinese which refers to a community of Chinese Indonesians residing in Tangerang; located in Banten province...

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  • Tongseng Kambing 1

    Tongseng Kambing (Solo Style Goat, Cabbage, and Coconut Stew)

    Can you think a dish that includes goat meat, cabbage, coconut, kecap manis and coconut milk? If you have been to Central Java of Indonesia or at least to Java island, you will know tongseng kambing. Tongseng Kambing is a popular dish from Solo (known...

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  • Bulung Kuah Pindang Bali

    Bulung Kuah Pindang Recipe (Bali Seaweed Salad)

    If Japanese and Korean use seaweed, so does Indonesian especially Balinese. Bulung Kuah Pindang is another recipe from Bali where you can apply kuah pindang (Balinese fish stock) beside rujak kuah pindang (fruit salad with fish stock). When the first time I read the cookbook...

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  • Warungs (Food Hawkers) at Pasar Senggol Gianyar

    Bali: Pasar Senggol Gianyar

    On the way to Pasar Senggol Gianyar, my eyes were seeing that make me happy, a place to get food props.  I saw a sign “Pipin’s Lombok Traditional Art Shop”.  Hmm Lombok island has many pretty crafts too. So, I asked Bli Yudi to stop. ...

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  • Tasak Telu

    Tasak Telu Recipe (Karo Meat Salad with Torch Ginger Fruit)

    Tasak Telu is translated as Masak Tiga (Tiga Masakan) in Indonesian or Cook Three (Three Dishes) in English. I know it’s a bit weird when I tried to translate to English literally. The reason was being named for Cook Three or Three Dishes since Tasak...

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  • The Front Yard and Signage of Warung Pulau Kelapa

    Bali: Warung Pulau Kelapa, Ubud

    After dropping all my luggages at 100 Sunset Boutique Hotel and filling up our belly at Warung Lawar Kartika with Lawar (Balinese meat salad), Sate Lilit Sapi (Bali Beef Sate) and Sop Sapi (Beef Soup), my ride took me to Ubud. Ubud is a very...

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  • Ikan Pindang

    Indonesian Fish Brine Recipe (Ikan Pindang)

    Ikan Pindang is a way to preserve the fish in Indonesia which I see very close to brining process. Brining fish and seafood is a great technique to flavour fish and seafood as the ocean itself is a sort of the original brine. Since fish...

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  • Babat Gongso

    Babat Gongso Recipe (Semarang-Style Tripe)

    Babat Gongso is a legendary dish from Semarang and Solo, Central Java which is increasingly rare to be found. Once you have Babat Gongso and there are some left over, you can be continued cooking or transferring into Nasi Goreng Babat (Tripe Fried Rice). Babat...

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  • Chicken in Chili Sauce

    Ayam Masak Habang Recipe (Chicken in Chili Sauce)

    Ayam Masak Habang is a classic dish from Banjarmasin (South Kalimantan) that often sell at many eateries in the area with nasi kuning (yellow rice). To translate its name literally, ayam means chicken; masak means to cook or cooked and habang means red. Most Indonesian...

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  • Gulee Kameng/Gulai Kambing Aceh (Aceh Goat Curry)

    Gulee Kameng Recipe (Aceh Goat Curry)

    This Gulee Kameng or Gulai Kambing Aceh has some different names such as Gulee Sie Kameng, Kari Kameng, Kari Sie Kameng, and Kuah Sie Kameng.  Basically Gulee is what Indonesians call for Gulai; Sie is Daging or Meat; Kameng is Kambing or Goat while Kari...

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