Java Food Archive

  • Bubur Biji Ketapang

    Bubur Biji Ketapang – Bubur Biji Salak Recipe (Indonesian Sweet Potato Dumpling)

    Bubur Biji Ketapang (in Sumatra) or Bubur Biji Salak (in Java).  Both are the same sweet snack and made from sweet potato which I prefer translate into Sweet Potato Dumpling instead Sweet Potato Porridge. Bubur means porridge while biji means seed. Ketapang is a Terminalia...

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  • Rempah Daging

    Rempah Daging Recipe (Indonesian Coconut Meat Patty)

    Rempah Daging aka Coconut Meat Patty. If we break down the word rempah can be meant spice while daging is a meat. In this case it’s refer to beef the very common red meat source in Indonesia beside goat. Rempah daging is common to be...

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  • Wingko Babat 1

    Wingko Babat Recipe (Javanese Coconut Sticky Rice Cake)

    Wingko is often known as Wingko Babat. Wingko is basically a Javanese sweet snack and made from a mixture of grated coconut, coconut milk and sticky rice or glutinous rice. Again, I approved to you that many Asian snacks or desserts are vegan and gluten...

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  • Semur Betawi

    Semur Betawi Recipe (Betawi-Style Semur)

    Semur is an Indonesian term for type of meat stew that is processed in thick brown gravy. Shallot, garlic, kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce), nutmeg are the main ingredients. Semur word is derived from a Dutch term of Smoor which is basically a food...

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  • Sop Kaki Kambing Jakarta

    Sop Kaki Kambing Jakarta Recipe (Jakarta-Style Goat Feet Soup)

    Sop Kaki Kambing Jakarta always reminds me of my late dad.  He was the one who introduced this soup to my brother and I.  Thou we resided in suburban of Surabaya, dad often brought us to enjoy this soup in Surabaya.  Dad used to live...

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  • Sambal Bajak

    Sambal Bajak Recipe (Javanese Sambal)

    Sambal Bajak is also known as Sambal Badjak among the Dutch and one of sambals that I miss from home. If anybody ever asked me what my favourite sambal was, I would have a hard time to decide. I love every sambal: sambal terasi (sambal belacan),...

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  • Ayam Goreng Kremes 2

    Ayam Goreng Kremes Recipe (Indonesian Fried Chicken with Crunchy Flakes)

    Ayam Goreng Kremes is popular across the country.  Ny Suharti (or Mrs. Suharti in English) is a famous fried chicken chain restaurant  in Indonesia that offers ayam goreng kremes as the main menu. Beside ayam goreng kuning (Indonesian yelllow fried chicken), ayam goreng kremes is  another Indonesian...

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  • Lamongan Chicken Soup

    Soto Ayam Lamongan Recipe (Lamongan-Style Chicken Soup)

    Soto is one of Indonesian popular foods.  With many different regions and ethnicities, they do enrich the variety of soto itself in the country.  Soto is an Indonesian soup that can be made with or without coconut milk.  This time, I present Soto Ayam Lamongan.  As...

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  • Javanese Stuffed Taro Leaves

    Buntil Daun Talas Recipe (Javanese Stuffed Taro Leaves)

    Buntil is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in Indonesian cuisine and is known as a Javanese dish. Traditionally this buntil uses cassava, papaya or taro leaves. All those leaves are edible and most often are made for salad, stir fry, and curry base dishes...

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  • Gandasturi 1

    Gandasturi Recipe (Indonesian Breaded Sweet Mung Bean)

    Gandasturi is one of traditional kue in Indonesia (kue is term for Indonesian cakes or pastries or sweet snack).  As other Southeast Asian sweet snacks, gandasturi isn’t that sweet compare to the North American ones.  It’s a perfect pair with a cup of jasmine tea....

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