Cookbook:Cuisine of Indonesia

| Southeast Asian cuisines

Indonesian cuisine features a mixture of Chinese, Indian and European influences. Being an archipelago with hundreds of different ethnic groups, Indonesian cuisine is extremely rich in variety, with regional cooking techniques and ingredients.

Vegetarian (Sayuran)
 * Gado-gado Indonesian salad with peanut sauce
 * Rujak Fruit salad
 * Sayur Asem Vegetable soup with tamarind
 * Sambal Telor Boiled egg in Hot Chili Sauce
 * Tempeh Fermented soybean cake
 * Tempe Mendoan

Rice (Nasi/Nasi Putih (white rice))
 * Nasi Goreng Fried rice
 * Nasi Gurih Aromatic rice
 * Nasi Kuning Yellow rice
 * Nasi Uduk Coconut-milk rice
 * Tapai Fermented rice (also peuyeum, fermented cassava)

Poultry (Ayam) For authentic Indonesian dishes, use free range chicken if available
 * Ayam Goreng Kuning Fried chicken with yellow ginger
 * Ayam Goreng Mentega Stir fried chicken with Worcestershire sauce
 * Kare Ayam Chicken Curry
 * Opor Ayam Chicken in coconut milk soup
 * Sate Ayam BBQ Chicken with bamboo skewers and peanut sauce
 * Soto Ayam Spicy chicken soup

Beef (Daging sapi)
 * Rendang Spiced beef
 * Empal Gepuk Fried beef steak
 * Sop Buntut Oxtail soup

Goat (Kambing) Lamb (Domba) may also be used in these recipes
 * Gulai Kambing Spicy goat soup
 * Sate Kambing BBQ Goat with bamboo skewers

Pork (Daging babi)
 * Babi Kecap Pork in Sweet Soy Sauce

Fish and Seafood (Ikan dan Hidangan Laut)
 * Pepes Ikan Fish in Indonesian spices
 * Kepiting Saus Tiram Crab in oyster sauce

Side dishes (Lauk-pauk)
 * Serundeng Grated Coconut with Whole Peanuts
 * Acar Campur Mixed Pickled Vegetables
 * Sambal Ikan Teri Spicy small Anchovies with Peanuts
 * Saus Kacang Peanut sauce

Desserts and Cookies (Hidangan penutup dan kue-kue)
 * Klepon Indonesian Glutinous Rice Balls filled with palm sugar coated with grated coconut
 * Lapis Legit Indonesian Layer Cake
 * Nastar pineapple Cookie
 * Bubur Candil Indonesian Glutinous Rice Balls Sweet Soup