Try the unique street food in Indonesia

The term of dessert may be better known in western countries. Many of the citizens of Indonesia themselves are not familiar with this dessert term or often also referred to as dessert. Most Indonesians are not familiar with the tradition of appetizers, after eating not many of them go on to a cold or refreshing menu.

However, Indonesia has many types of street foods that are delicious if it is used as dessert.  These are the following famous street foods in Indonesia.

Es Pisang Ijo

Pisang ijo is a typical food in South Sulawesi, especially in the city of Makassar. This food is made from the main ingredient of bananas wrapped in green flour mixture. How to cook it is by steaming in the cormorant. The dough is made from flour, water, and green coloring made from a mixture of water with suji or pandan leaves.

This ice menu is very good for dessert since the sweet taste. You can get this dessert menu in some famous restaurants or cafes in Indonesia.

Getuk

Getuk is Javanese snack that is made from cassava. There are two kinds of getuk, getuk, is the steamed cassava is sprinkled with shredded palm sugar, so it is brown in color and the texture is a little bit coarse. Second one is getuk lindri, it is when the steamed cassava is grinded with sugar, and is colored with food coloring and vanilla extract. After that, it is molded into small, long shape so it looks like noodles and then cut into square pieces. Usually it’s served with shredded coconut and palm sugar syrup. You can find getuk at the market (in the morning), snack hawker, or at gift shop especially in Java area.

Sweet Martabak

One of our favorite desserts would be Indonesian Sweet Martabak. It is an Indonesian version of a pancake. The interesting thing is, Martabak is only sold in the evenings. You can choose mix fillings from chocolate, cheese and peanuts.

Kolak

This one dish is usually easy to find and many sell when the fasting month. This banana compote contains cabbage, bananas, sweet potatoes cut into pieces and then the sauce consists of a mixture of coconut milk and brown sugar and pandan leaves that give a pleasant aroma. This dish is very tasty when it is warm but if you add ice it feels great.

Do not hesitate to try this dessert because it feels very sweet. This is the most famous desert in Indonesia in the month of Ramadhan.

Surabi Surabi

Surabi Surabi or serabi is an Indonesian pancake that is made from the mixture of rice flour and coconut milk or plain shredded coconut. Most of traditional serabi tastes sweet, as it is usually eaten with kinca or thick golden colored coconut and sugar syrup. But nowadays there are many varieties of serabi toppings from oncom to minced beef and cheese. Serabi from Bandung is typically dryer and firmer with various kinds of toppings, while serabi from Solo are more traditional with a little bit half cooked in the center and thin crispy crust. You can find serabi at traditional market, street serabi hawkers, or gift shops.

Lemper Lemper

Lemper Lemper is snack made from steamed glutinous rice filled with beef floss, chicken or fish meat. It tastes savory, because the rice is cooked with coconut milk and other herbs such as bay leaf and lemongrass. You can say it is like ‘Indonesian sushi’ without seaweed and wasabi. You can find lemper at traditional market or bakeries all around Indonesia.

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