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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Sushi Hut, Brandon
16 May 2013 9:26 AM | 2 Comments -
Ikan Ceng Cuan (Braised Ginger Fish – Peranakan Style)
09 May 2013 7:00 AM | 7 Comments -
Korean Stir-Fried Squid Recipe (Ojinguh Bokkeum)
07 May 2013 6:30 PM | 6 Comments -
Choice Sushi
05 May 2013 6:30 PM | 6 Comments -
Raw Kale, Carrot, Cucumber, Celery Salad
10 April 2013 7:54 PM | 3 Comments
Shrimp Archive
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Peranakan Shrimp and Chicken Cake Recipe (Kee Kian or Kekian)
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsFor people who live outside Indonesia, Malaysia or Singapore, you may know the term of Nonya instead of Peranakan. Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Nusantara region during the Colonial era. Nusantara... -
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... -
Shrimp, Tofu, and Mushroom Ankake Donburi Recipe
Posted on January 5, 2011 | 18 CommentsSeriously, I have been wanting to make Ankake Donburi (あんかけ丼) for so long. Harumi Kurihara the author of Everyday Harumi cookbook has the explanation what Ankake is. Ankake is a typical Japanese sauce, made from thickened dashi stock and can be served with a variety... -
Shrimp Chive Dumplings Recipe (Gow Choi Gaau)
Posted on December 10, 2010 | 33 CommentsWhat can I say about these Shrimp and Chive Dumplings? Once you bite it, the sweetness of shrimp is splashing into your mouth with a hint of garlicky aroma. Who doesn’t love dumplings? Almost everybody I know love dumplings. I like all kind of dumplings,... -
Ground Dried Shrimp (Ebi Tumbuk)
Posted on December 8, 2010 | 25 CommentsWhat do you do when you have a package of dried shrimp (ebi)? I know what I do. Take my spice grinder out from my cabinet. Dump the dried shrimp in the grinder and process it.Then, I keep it in a tight glass jar. So,... -
Sambal Terasi Bilimbi
Posted on November 10, 2010 | 19 CommentsGrowing up in the country where sambal is in every corner of food stalls or restaurants, I enjoy making my own sambal since moving to Canada. Every household has a different style of sambal terasi and my family used to enhance with bilimbi as we grew a... -
Vietnamese Grilled Shrimp on Sugarcane Recipe (Chao Tom)
Posted on October 3, 2010 | 17 CommentsTo begin, this dish is very much similar to Sate Lilit Bali (Balinese Seafood Saté) in appearance. Sate Lilit Bali uses lemongrass as sticks/skewers instead. Sugarcanes might be not very common to be sold in North America, unless you live in the city where has... -
Gulai Cubadak (Nangka) – Padang Green Jackfruit Curry
Posted on September 13, 2010 | 25 CommentsAmong the Minangese (West Sumatrans), jackfruit is called cubadak. When other Indonesians call this fruit nangka. The unripe or green jackfruit is mostly cooked for veggie dishes while the ripe one (with yellow part inside) is used for desserts. Gulai cubadak or nangka is common... -
Binte Biluhuta Recipe (Milu Siram – Gorontalo Corn Soup)
Posted on August 29, 2010 | 16 CommentsAnybody remember the folk song of binte bilihuta? It’s not only a song title, binte biluhuta is a corn soup from Gorontalo. Gorontalo province is known as the largest corn producer in Indonesia. Beside as an export commodity, sweet corns are main ingredients in the... -
Dadar Jagung (Indonesian Corn Fritters)
Posted on August 9, 2010 | 23 CommentsCan you believe there are three names for these corn fritters in Indonesian? Dadar Jagung, Bakwan Jagung and Perkedel Jagung. Did you recognize one word is the same? …. Yes, you are right! It’s Jagung which means corn. I believe, every region has a different...
