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.Featured Stories
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Indian Sloppy Joe Recipe (Khema Pav)
03 May 2012 7:30 PM | 4 Comments -
Bubur Biji Ketapang – Bubur Biji Salak Recipe (Indonesian Sweet Potato Dumpling)
23 April 2012 8:30 AM | 8 Comments -
Ethiopian Cooking Class
20 April 2012 3:31 PM | 7 Comments -
Vietnamese Pennywort Drink Recipe (Nuoc Rau Ma)
18 April 2012 2:54 PM | 2 Comments -
Sambai On Peuga-ga Recipe (Aceh Pennywort Sambal – Sambal Pegagan)
12 April 2012 8:16 PM | 3 Comments
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Kecap Manis Archive
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Sate Tempe Plappa Recipe (Spicy and Sweet Tempeh Saté)
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 11 CommentsIndonesians have been consumed tempe aka tempeh as an easy and cheap protein resource since a long time ago. Long before the western world promoted tempe as a non-meat protein resource for vegetarians. I realized that I didn’t have many recipes with tempe. When Wulan who owns... -
Semur Betawi Recipe (Betawi-Style Semur)
Posted on November 3, 2011 | 10 CommentsSemur 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... -
Tahu Tek Recipe (Surabaya Style Tofu and Bean Sprout Salad with Dark Peanut Sauce)
Posted on February 27, 2011 | 28 CommentsTahu Tek or loosely translated as Tofu and Bean Sprout Salad with Dark Peanut Sauce is commonly found in Surabaya and its suburban. The tahu tek hawkers bring a pushcart on streets and make noises by hitting a spoon on the wok “tek tek tek…”... -
Lombok Kethok Recipe (Javanese Stir Fried Chilies)
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 25 CommentsThis is my second time to do a guest post for another Malaysian blogger. Thank you to Ann for the opportunity. Unfortunately, I kept postponing the write-up. Sorry Ann for that. Ann of Pigpigscorner is one of the bloggers who has made me drooled over... -
Siomay Bandung Recipe (Bandung Steamed Dumplings with Peanut Sambal)
Posted on November 17, 2010 | 22 CommentsFrom the name siomay, you can tell this food had an influence from the Chinese who immigrated to Indonesia long time ago. A word of siomay itself is derived from shaomai (also spelled shui mai, shu mai, sui mai, sui maai, shui mei, siu mai,... -
Sate Ayam Madura Recipe (Madura Style Chicken Saté)
Posted on October 18, 2010 | 26 CommentsSate Ayam Madura is one of the classic sates that I grew up with. Sate is a very popular delicacy in Indonesia; Indonesia’s diverse ethnic groups’ culinary art have produced a wide variety of sates. Often readers asked me why some Indonesian sates/satays don’t use... -
Kecap Manis (Indonesian Sweet Soy Sauce)
Posted on September 27, 2010 | 38 CommentsKecap manis [pronounced: ketchup MAH-nees] is an Indonesian sweet soy sauce and ubiquitous ingredient in Indonesian cooking especially Java. You may see two other different spellings beside kecap; kicap and ketjap. Kicap is used by the Malaysian while ketjap is used by the Dutch. Actually,... -
Sate Pentul Recipe (Indonesian Minced Beef Saté)
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 27 CommentsSate or satay is a national grilling/bbq dish in Indonesia. There are many variants of sate from Sabang (West) to Merauke (East) with many different sauce or gravy to be served with. After being upset due to the food picture theft, I decided to renew... -
Fried Bihun ala Old Jakarta Kota Station
Posted on June 13, 2010 | 16 CommentsBihun or rice vermicelli often uses in Indonesian recipes. Wiffy’s post, fried bee hoon has reminded me of this old time snack. It was the time whenever my destination was Jakarta Kota aka Beos, an old area of Jakarta with heavy inhibited by Chinese descendant,... -
Surakartan Smoked Oxtongue Bistik Recipe (Bestik Lidah Asap Solo)
Posted on April 27, 2010 | 15 CommentsBistik is the Indonesian way for beef steak or biefstuk in Dutch. With the use of potato, mayonaise, bistik’s name, this dish is a part of the marriage between Indonesian and Dutch cuisine. However, the Javanese says bestik, so I wrote as the Surakartan custom....
