There are many delicious snacks in Indonesia, and many people fly there to satisfy their appetites and taste the local food.
1. Kripik is a small Indonesian fries, available in sweet and salty versions. They are made from fish, vegetables or fruits. In some cases, they are made from taro, breadfruit, jackfruit and snake fruit. The French fries are fried until crisp in vegetable oil.
The most popular varieties include Kripik Singkong (cassava chips) and Kripik Pisang (banana chips). Kripik belongs to the krupuk category, krupuk is a larger wood chip, while Kripik is smaller but has more ingredients, so almost all fruits, tubers, vegetables or nuts can be added to Kripik.
There is a wide variety: durian, sweet potato, chicken feet, cassava and chilli, spinach and sea cucumbers are just a few ingredients that can be made into this unique Indonesian delicacy.
2. Gorengan is a common name, which refers to a variety of Indonesian fried snacks that can be made with a variety of ingredients. Whether salty or sweet, Youtiao usually combines egg paste with various additives, such as bananas, beans, tofu, sweet potatoes or jackfruit.
You can cut these ingredients into thin slices and put them in the batter, or you can dip them in before frying. Gorengan is one of the most common street foods in Indonesia and is sold in many markets across the country.
Although they may seem like endless combinations, some of the most popular varieties include pisang goreng (banana), ubi goreng (sweet potato), aci goreng (fried cassava dough), tahu goreng (fried tofu) and singkong goreng (fried cassava).
3. Nagasari is a salty Indonesian snack made by stuffing glutinous rice with experienced shredded chicken, fish or parsley, then rolling in banana leaves or tin foil to make a perfectly packaged snack.
The sub-version full of chickens is called perayam, while other Nagasari-like versions include semar mendem, which also slices chicken chopped with glutinous rice but wrapped in a thin omelette.
4. Coconut milk rice originated from Thoreau's coconut milk, chicken soup, bay leaves and lemon grass, made of soft and delicious rice, shredded chicken, omelettes, peppers and a variety of vegetables.
Many street stalls in Thoreau sell coconut milk rice, served with Douchi or chopped onion sauce Marinated Egg (Telur pindang), wrapped in banana leaves or teak leaves.
5. Rujak is a traditional Indonesian fruit salad from Java. It is also very popular in Singapore and Malaysia. There are many changes across the country, but the most popular type is red bean paste or fruit red bean paste.
Which is made up of fresh seasonal fruits with sour or light flavours and spicy sweet seasonings containing palm sugar. Seasonings usually include water, fried peanuts, tamarind sauce and chilli. Rujak salad is mainly vegetarian, but in some cases, seasoning may include shrimp sauce.
Some fruits used for rujak include Java apples, immature mangoes, papayas, pineapples and kedondong (June plums).