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Base Genep: ‘Complete’ Balinese Spice Paste

Balinese cuisine has many spice pastes, used for cooking a variety of dishes. This recipe is for base genep — the most common spice paste.

Biji Salak: Sweet Potato & Palm Sugar Dessert (Vegan)

Recipe for Biji Salak: a warm dessert soup. Soak sweet potato balls in palm sugar syrup, then drizzle them with coconut milk sauce.

Pepes Ikan Kembung: Steamed & Grilled Mackerel in Banana Leaves

Recipe for a smoky, fragrant mackerel: pepes ikan kembung. The fish is marinated and wrapped in banana leaves, then steamed and grilled.

Sambal Bajak: Ploughman’s Sambal

A cooked sambal recipe from East Java. Sambal bajak is traditionally served to farmers who plough the fields to whet their appetite!

Sayur Asem: Sour Tamarind Soup with Vegetables and Beef Trimmings

A common sour vegetable soup with a refreshing tamarind broth, originally from the Jakarta area. This recipe gives sayur asem a beef twist.

Indomie Rebus: Deluxe Instant Noodle Soup

A more nutritious, jazzed-up recipe for Indonesia's top snack. Indomie instant noodles are easy to cook, cheap, and loaded with MSG!

Rawon: East Javanese Beef Stew with Keluak

Rawon is a rich beef stew from East Java. This recipe calls for keluak, which gives the dish its distinctive black colour.

Peach Gum Dessert Soup (Vegan)

A Chinese dessert soup with medicinal properties, adapted to Indonesian tastes by adding pandan leaves, lemongrass and calamansi juice.

Sop Ayam Pak Min: Mr. Min’s Chicken Soup

This recipe is a recreation of Mr. Min’s Chicken Soup, a famous dish. Clear, light and refreshing — the perfect comfort food for a rainy day.

Sambal Sop/Soto: Sambal for Soups (Vegan)

A sambal meant to accompany clear soups and soto, a meat-broth soup. The recipe uses few ingredients; the purpose is to enhance the flavour.
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