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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Avocado Poppy Seed Cake Recipe
17 March 2014 10:51 PM | 14 Comments -
Sup Kambing Medan Recipe (Goat Soup)
09 March 2014 6:46 PM | 1 Comment -
Pavlova Recipe
03 March 2014 11:27 PM | 7 Comments -
Ayam Pinadar Recipe (Andaliman Pepper Chicken)
23 February 2014 9:16 PM | 5 Comments -
Ngo Hiang – Gohyong Recipe (Chinese Five Spice Roll)
02 February 2014 9:17 PM | 2 Comments
Indonesian Recipes Archive
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Peranakan Shrimp and Chicken Cake Recipe (Kee Kian or Kekian)
Posted on May 5, 2011 | No CommentsShare For 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. […] -
Otak-Otak Bakar Recipe (Indonesian Grilled Fish Cake)
Posted on April 27, 2011 | 3 CommentsShare We, the Asians love our fish or seafood cakes. Here is one of Indonesians’ favourites, otak-otak. Three cities are famous for its otak-otak, Palembang, Jakarta and Makassar. Which sauce do you choose? The Palembang or Jakarta one. Cuko (spicy tamarind sauce) or peanut sauce. […] -
Lontong Kikil Recipe (Surabaya Beef Tendon Soup with Rice Cakes)
Posted on April 23, 2011 | No CommentsShare Kikil 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 […] -
Sambal Kemiri Recipe (Indonesian Candlenuts Sambal) for Soto or Soup
Posted on April 20, 2011 | 4 CommentsShare Kemiri 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 CommentsShare Ote-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 […] -
Jemblem / Misro / Pulung-Pulung Ubi (Indonesian Cassava Fritters Stuffed with Coconut Sugar)
Posted on April 15, 2011 | 1 CommentShare My 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 […] -
Pempek Pistel Recipe (Palembang Stuffed Fish Cake With Green Papaya)
Posted on April 13, 2011 | 6 CommentsShare For 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 […] -
Cilok / Pentol Recipe (Indonesian Chewy Balls)
Posted on April 10, 2011 | 2 CommentsShare These 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 […] -
Gule Kambing Kacang Hijau (Goat Mung Bean Curry) Recipe
Posted on March 21, 2011 | 21 CommentsShare March 23, 2010 Update: This post was featured on March 23 FoodBuzz Top 9Gule is sometimes pronounced differently as gulai. In Indonesia, curry based foods can be named gule/gulai or kare/kari, depend on the area. This time, I chose making the Surabaya style, Gule […] -
Smoked Fish Mangut Recipe (Javanese Smoked Fish Cooked in Spiced Coconut Milk)
Posted on March 16, 2011 | 13 CommentsShare It’s the renew picture of my mangut before. At that time, I used ikan kembung (Indian mackarel or known as short body mackerel). However, it still tastes different when you make it with smoked fish. This dish is a popular dish among the Javanese. […]
