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 | 1 Comment -
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
Vegetables Archive
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French Onion Soup Recipe
Posted on February 6, 2011 | 32 CommentsMany recipes of French Onion Soup are using beef stock. Hence, this reason makes my husband can’t enjoy it. Soup is something that I can eat everyday, especially in the winter season. Last week, when I had a kalamata bread leftover, I made a French... -
Bitter Melon Omelette
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 39 CommentsMy family style of omelette is added by shallot and chili slices and we enjoy it with sambal kecap manis (kecap manis, shallots, chilies and key lime). Growing up with bitter melons (pare, paria) for salad, stir fry and dumpling, I never thought making them... -
Spanakopita Recipe (Greek Spinach Pie)
Posted on December 20, 2010 | 15 CommentsSpanakopita with a twist! Yes that is what I did. I don’t change much from recipe that I used before (please check my original spanakopita recipe!). All I did was omitting garlic and green onions, then I subtituted them for garlic chives. A chive that... -
Garlic Chives and The Flowers
Posted on December 14, 2010 | 16 CommentsGarlic Chive (Allium tuberosum) is one of my favourite Ingredients. It has a flat, narrow, green stalk with a sharp, herbal garlic flavour and according to chow.com, it is originally from Southeast Asia. I’ve known garlic chive since I was a kid, but apparently this... -
Crab and Asparagus Soup Recipe
Posted on November 26, 2010 | 20 CommentsWho doesn’t love this typical egg drop soup? This Chinese style gooey soup is a memoir of my childhood. Whenever we went to the Chinese restaurant, we chose this soup for appetizer. Often, mom recreated it at home. While mom added fresh crab especially the... -
Pecel Recipe (Java Style Salad with Peanut Sambal)
Posted on November 21, 2010 | 14 CommentsAs other Indonesian salads, pecel (or known as pecal) is enjoyed with a company of warmed cooked rice or lontong, other protein sources (such as fish, chicken, beef, tempe(h) or tofu) and crackers. For those who know about gado-gado, lotek and karedok, you may love pecel as... -
Siomay Bandung Recipe (Bandung Steamed Dumplings with Peanut Sambal)
Posted on November 17, 2010 | 24 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,... -
Kecipir (Winged Bean)
Posted on November 15, 2010 | 14 CommentsWinged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) is a member of the legume family, has a pod which in cross-section looks like a rectangle with a fringed extension at each corner. It is a tropical legume that originated in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and high in protein.... -
Sambal Pencok (Sambal Terasi with Long Green Beans)
Posted on November 13, 2010 | 19 CommentsAnother dish that I used to have when I still lived in my parents’ house. I wasn’t aware of this dish’s name until Renny told me. Yeah, I recreated the dish to what I recalled. Then I chatted with my brother. He asked to our... -
Cassava Cheese Cake Recipe (Kue Singkong Keju)
Posted on October 12, 2010 | 25 CommentsCassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc, is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America. There are two names for cassava in Indonesian, singkong and ubi kayu. According to wikipedia, it is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in...
