Appetizers
Chicken Satay
Chicken marinated in turmeric and lemongrass, threaded onto skewers, grilled over charcoal, and served with a peanut…
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Spice pastes fried until the oil runs, then coconut milk. 29 Indonesian recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 29 recipes cover 8 of the site’s categories, among them 13 dinners, 5 appetisers and small plates, 3 desserts, 2 drinks, 2 lunches and 2 quick meals. Of these, 7 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Balinese Sambal Matah (10 min), Pisang Goreng (20 min) and Sambal Terasi (20 min). For 7, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 16 easy and 13 medium.
As written, 11 are vegetarian, 4 vegan, 11 gluten-free and 16 dairy-free. Another 2 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Indonesian recipes — all 29 recipes
Dinner
Beef Rendang
Beef simmered in coconut milk and spice paste for four hours until the liquid has gone entirely and the meat fries…
Quick Meals
Nasi Goreng
Indonesian fried rice built on kecap manis and terasi, topped with a fried egg and prawn crackers. Every household…
Desserts
Martabak Manis
A thick, spongy pancake with a honeycomb surface, cooked in a heavy pan, then split and filled with butter…
Healthy
Gado-Gado
Blanched and raw vegetables, tofu, tempeh and boiled egg under a warm peanut sauce, with prawn crackers on top…
Lunch
Soto Ayam
Indonesian turmeric chicken soup with a fragrant spice paste, served over noodles and rice with sambal, fried…
Dinner
Sambal Goreng Tempeh
Tempeh fried until crisp then tossed through a sweet-hot sambal of chilli, shallot and palm sugar until every piece…
Drinks
Bandrek
Indonesian ginger drink from the hills of West Java, simmered hard with palm sugar, pandan, lemongrass and cloves…
Dinner
Ayam Goreng
Chicken simmered in turmeric and lemongrass, then fried, with the spiced poaching liquid fried alongside into crisp…
Quick Meals
Mie Goreng
Egg noodles stir-fried with sweet soy sauce, garlic and chilli, with chicken, prawns and greens, and topped with…
Dinner
Bakso
Bouncy beef meatballs in a clear, savoury beef broth with noodles, tofu and fried shallots. The most popular street…
Dinner
Opor Ayam
Chicken simmered until tender in a mild, pale coconut sauce scented with lemongrass, galangal, candlenuts and bay…
Dinner
Tempeh Stir-Fry
Tempeh browned until crisp and stir-fried with green beans, red pepper, ginger and chilli in a soy and lime sauce…
Side dish
Sayur Lodeh
An Indonesian vegetable soup in a mild coconut milk broth with cabbage, green beans, carrot and aubergine.
Appetizers
Sambal Terasi
A fiery Indonesian chilli sambal of fresh chillies, shallots, garlic, tomato and toasted shrimp paste, pounded and…
Side dish
Nasi Kuning
Turmeric and coconut rice cooked with lemongrass, pandan and bay leaves into a fragrant yellow mound, the…
Dinner
Nasi Uduk
Coconut rice cooked with lemongrass, galangal and bay leaves, a Jakarta breakfast served with fried shallots, egg…
Dinner
Indonesian Rawon
A dark East Javanese beef soup coloured and flavoured with black keluak nuts and a paste of shallots, garlic…
Dinner
Indonesian Gudeg
Young jackfruit stewed for hours in coconut milk, palm sugar and spices until sweet, soft and golden-brown, a…
Dinner
Sate Padang
Sliced beef simmered in spices, threaded on skewers and grilled, served with a thick, hot sauce thickened with rice…
Desserts
Indonesian Klepon
Small green glutinous rice dumplings filled with melted palm sugar, boiled and rolled in fresh grated coconut.
Drinks
Cendol
Green pandan rice flour jelly noodles served in a glass with coconut milk, palm sugar syrup and shaved ice.
Desserts
Pisang Goreng
Ripe bananas coated in a light, crisp batter and cooked in hot oil until golden, eaten warm as a street snack.
Breakfast
Indonesian Bubur Ayam
Rice porridge with a turmeric chicken broth, shredded chicken, fried soybeans, crullers, celery and spring onion…
Lunch
Mie Ayam
Egg noodles topped with a savoury-sweet soy-braised minced chicken, greens and fried shallots, served with a bowl of…
Appetizers
Siomay
Steamed fish dumplings served with steamed potato, cabbage, tofu and boiled egg, all covered in a warm peanut sauce.
Appetizers
Perkedel
Mashed potato patties flavoured with spring onion, celery, nutmeg and white pepper, dipped in egg and cooked until…
Appetizers
Balinese Sambal Matah
A raw Balinese relish of finely sliced shallots, lemongrass, chillies and kaffir lime leaf, dressed with hot coconut…
Dinner
Ikan Bakar
Whole fish rubbed with turmeric, garlic and lime, marinated for 30 minutes and grilled for 15 minutes with a sweet…