Betawi Foods


GADO – GADO BETAWI
Gado - Gado Betawi

Gado-gado is one of the foods that come from Indonesia in the form of vegetables are boiled and blended into one, with a seasoning or sauce of crushed peanuts with sliced ​​egg and fried onions sprinkled on top. Emping little fried or crackers (there are also using prawn crackers) are also added. Gado-gado can be eaten just like a salad with herbs / peanut sauce, but can also be eaten with white rice or sometimes also served with rice cake.

                                                                                                                                     KERAK TELOR
Kerak Telor

Crust eggs are foods native to the area Jakarta (Betawi), with the ingredients of white glutinous rice, chicken egg, ebi (salted dried shrimp) are dry roasted plus fried onions, mashed and flavored with a roasted coconut, red chillies, kencur, ginger, pepper granules, salt and sugar.

 



KETOPRAK BETAWI
Ketoprak Betawi
 
Betawi traditional food is quite a lot of fans. Rice cake pieces, a sprinkling of sprouts and rice noodles mixed with peanut sauce mlekoh substantial enough for this afternoon. Not hard to find ketoprak, because almost in every corner of the city there.
Name ketoprak sure everyone knew. Traditional food is pretty easy to find in Jakarta. Typically vendors selling ketoprak around with his cart. But now some restaurants also provide ketoprak as one of their menu.



Laksa Betawi
LAKSA

Laksa is a noodle type foods are placed seasoning with Peranakan culture, which combined with elements of Chinese and Malay. Laksa has several types, the best known is the type of Penang Laksa, a noodle its white round and slightly thick. In Indonesia there are also several types of laksa like Laksa Laksa Bogor and Betawi. Laksa name is taken from Sanskrit language which has meaning and more, indicates that the laksa noodles made with various spices. 3 types of laksa in general, namely Kari Laksa, Asam Laksa and Laksa other types.


ASINAN BETAWI
 

Asinan Betawi
IF you are a fan of Betawi cuisine, must have been familiar with pickled Betawi. Consisted of bean sprouts, carrots, cucumber, tofu, noodles crackers, vinegar and spices make it taste spicy, sweet, salty, and savory refreshing. Moreover, if eaten during the day.

 


Semur Jengkol

 SEMUR JENGKOL (Buttons Levis)
 
If you remember the smell of it, certainly would not like to eat it. But, you know a friend .. if jengkol very smell turned out really delicious. Prior to process them into food, better jengkol first boiled with spices complete until jengkol feel soft or ripe. After that, discard the cooking water and jengkol ready to be processed.


 
 

DODOL BETAWI
Dodol Betawi
For people with very thick dodol Betawi culture. In fact can not be released to the feast of Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha or other celebrations, because each celebration is held always served dodol.
Now, Dodol Betawi could be said almost extinct due to fewer people able to make it so it should be appreciate for those who still survive to continue to preserve the Betawi this special food.
What distinguishes between Dodol Betawi lunkhead from other areas ie Dodol Betawi only have three kinds of flavors that is glutinous white, black sticky rice and durian, whereas lunkhead from other areas can have up to 12 more flavor.



                                      APEM CAKES
Apem Cakes

One of the typical food from Betawi. Usually made from rice flour, brown sugar is processed in such a way. how to cook by steaming, served with grated coconut. It is suitable for tea in the afternoon. 








NASI UDUK

Nasi Uduk
Nasi uduk is one of the typical culinary Indonesia is quite popular. Savory taste that comes from coconut milk is very familiar with Indonesian tongue. Especially if eaten in a state of lukewarm. The smell of bay leaves and serainya very stinging so it is very tempting to eat it.
Typically, this uduk rice as one of choice for breakfast with a wide selection of complementary side dishes, like scrambled eggs chopped fine, dry tempeh, fried noodles, and stews jengkol. More the merrier if equipped with crackers and peanut sauce
 

                                      ROTI BUAYA
Roti Buaya

Symbol of loyalty to the Betawi people. In a traditional Betawi wedding ceremony, bread crocodile is one of the requirements that must be carried by the groom to bride.

So bread is used as a symbol of Crocodiles in Betawi traditional wedding brings meaning and supplications to couples getting married this will be a loyal partner in his life.
Besides crocodiles, including the mighty animals & live in two worlds, this could also be used as a symbol of hope for the household to be tough & able to survive anywhere.
The female is marked with a small alligator who put bread on his back or on the side,
Its meaning is the faithfulness of marriage to inherit.