Welcome to Indonesia Eats
Indonesia Eats is written and photographed by Pepy Nasution; an Indonesian-born Winnipeg (Canada)-based food photographer.
A collection of Indonesian and Asian recipes with style, eye-catching photographs and personal stories about cooking Indonesian and being Indonesian away from home. Indonesia Eats is a memoir of her homeland.
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Lontong Kikil Recipe (Surabaya Beef Tendon Soup with Rice Cakes)
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsKikil is a popular street food in East Java especially Surabaya and surrounding areas. My late dad loved beef tendon dish such as Gulai Tunjang (Beef Tendon Curry, a West Sumatran dish) and this lontong kikil. When I still lived in Indonesia, lontong kikil was... -
Sambal Kemiri Recipe (Indonesian Candlenuts Sambal) Version 1
Posted on April 20, 2011 | 2 CommentsKemiri or candlenut (Aleurites molucanna) is common ingredient to be used in Indonesian cooking to enhance flavour and thicken Indonesian curries (gulai, kari or kare) and sambals (Indonesian style chili paste or relish). A candlenut is a waxy nut that look similar a large... -
Ote-Ote/Heici Recipe (Javanese Shrimp Cake)
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsOte-ote (read: oh-tay oh-tay) or heici (read: hay-chi) is another variety of fritters. Instead of translating into a shrimp fritter, I’d rather say it a shrimp cake. A similarity cuisine between Southeast Asian foods is common. One day when we went to a Vietnamese restaurant... -
Jemblem / Misro / Pulung-Pulung Ubi (Indonesian Cassava Fritters Stuffed with Coconut Sugar)
Posted on April 15, 2011 | No CommentsMy fourth guest post for other bloggers. Shulie of Food Wanderings who loves learning other culture dishes. Both of us have been twitting along for quite some time now. I still recalled the day when she told me that she finally found fresh turmeric and... -
Pempek Pistel Recipe (Palembang Stuffed Fish Cake With Green Papaya)
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 3 CommentsFor those who grew up in Indonesia, s/he must know Pempek Palembang (Palembangese fish cake). Palembang is the capital city of South Sumatra province. {WARNING: This post will be quite long!} Back when I was at university, I had a roommate whom originally from South... -
Cilok / Pentol Recipe (Indonesian Chewy Balls)
Posted on April 10, 2011 | No CommentsThese chewy balls are a part of my childhood snack. If Korea has tteokkochi (ddeokkochi) or tteokbokki (ddeokbokki), Indonesia has cilok or pentol. Different place different name! In East Java, these chewy balls are known as Pentol. Moved to west part of Java, I’ve known... -
Durian Pudding with Pandan Vla Recipe
Posted on April 6, 2011 | 3 CommentsDurian is a fruit that either people will love it or hate it. Durian’s name comes from a Indonesian/Malay word “duri” which means thorn and -an is a suffix together for building a noun in bahasa Indonesia and bahasa Melayu. The durian tree grows... -
Hawaiian Oxtail Soup Recipe
Posted on April 4, 2011 | No CommentsI’m a sucker for oxtail. I love all kind of oxtail dishes; Sup/Sop Buntut (Indonesian oxtail soup), Caribbean oxtail stew, rawon buntut (oxtail black soup), grilled or fried oxtail. When I saw a recipe of Hawaiian Oxtail Soup on Simply Recipe, I couldn’t wait until... -
Southern Fried Chicken Recipe
Posted on April 2, 2011 | No CommentsSouthern fried chicken is one of American classic dishes. Before it became a culinary habit in the Southern United States, fritters had already existed in Europe since medieval time. The Scots, and later Scottish immigrants to many southern states had a tradition of deep frying... -
Kimchi Photoshots
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsBefore you ask me how to make kimchi, I’ll tell you the kimchi wasn’t made by me. A friend whom is also a Winnipeg based foodie was given to me. Her husband is crazy about Korean food. As soon as he knows that I enjoy...
