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Indonesia has a lot of diversity which has been applied by the ancestors of the Indonesian people in various ways including food. If you visit Indonesia, you will see many types of food in Indonesia that come from various regions, each region certainly has a culture and of course affects their food. In these many differences, of course there are similarities from Indonesian food, namely in terms of taste, and spices as spices used for cooking. For those of you who have enjoyed cooking in Indonesia, of course you will wonder why it tastes so delicious and delicious, and this time I will explain some of the spices used in Indonesian food.
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The first spice that must be in Indonesian food is turmeric. Turmeric is a basic spice that is widely used in various forms of processed food and Indonesia, which is a good turmeric producing country, of course, Indonesian citizens will take advantage of this. Turmeric is a natural flavoring that is mixed into soupy foods or not. Usually Turmeric will be processed by grinding together with other ingredients and cooked with the main food ingredients. The orange color of food will appear when you use this one spice, that's why apart from being a good spice, turmeric is also a very good for natural coloring.
The second is Pepper, pepper is a spice that is very widely used in Indonesian food, and Indonesia itself is a country with a good pepper producer. Uses Pepper in cooking is useful for adding a spicy taste in food, the spiciness of pepper is different from the spiciness of chili. Pepper has a very delicious level of spiciness when the measure is right. Pepper is also processed by grinding together with other ingredients, even in traditional Indonesian markets, they provide pepper that has been ground and ready to use.
The next ingredient is chili, and this one ingredient is the most popular ingredient all over the world, not only in Indonesia. Chili is the producer of the best spicy taste in the world, the spicy taste produced also depends on the type of chili used. Chili can also be eaten alone or mixed into a dish, and the spicy taste of chili is extraordinary. In Indonesia, chili is used and mixed in almost all types of food. As if Indonesians can not be separated from Chili. Indonesia also has its signature chili, namely Cayenne Pepper which tastes spicier than the usual red chili.This chili is also the main choice when making fruit salad.
Cayenne Pepper has a yellowish green color that grows a lot in the backyard, so we can pick it as we like when we are going to cook.
If you've discussed chili, it seems incomplete if you don't talk about tomatoes. In Indonesia, Chili and Tomato are the perfect combination in Indonesian food. Tomatoes are fruits that contain a lot of vitamins, therefore tomatoes can be eaten by themselves and tomato slices will usually be seen on the edge of your plate when you eat at restaurants in Indonesia and order Indonesian dishes. Tomatoes are also produced in Indonesia, therefore Indonesian people will be very familiar with this one fruit. We even keep the tree in the backyard to make it easier to pick when we are cooking.
Just like Chili.
Onion is an ingredient that must also be in the Indonesian kitchen as an ingredient for cooking. Onion is an ingredient that is also very popular in the world, it can be seen that almost every element of food will use onions as an ingredient. Onions can also be used as a flavor of a food to make it more savory and taste more delicious and also has a slightly spicy taste. Onions have two types, namely shallots and garlic, both of which are ingredients that are often used and mixed into cooking or can also be eaten alone as a topping for a meal. Indonesia is also a good onion producing country, and again this can be exploited.
Those are some ingredients that are often used in Indonesian food, actually there are many others but I will only discuss a few that I think are very popular and widely used. Hope you like it and see you in the next post.