Satay

How long have I not posting anything? Geez

Anyway now I want to introduce satay to you, or on our local language, Sate



I don't know whether satay is originally from Indonesia or what, I am quite sure this is not only found on Indonesia. After all, satay is only several chunks of seasoned meat, in Indonesia usually chicken or goat, stacked through one stick in appropriate amount and then grilled on top of coal grill. Quite like BBQ, but without the vegetables. Anyway, the unique point of satay is, I believe, the sauce. The hot nut sauce.

I love hot sauce, and nut sauce is one of my favourite sauce of Indonesian food. It mixed so well with soy sauce and chilly.

We usually eat this with rice or lontong, a kind of compresed rice. After that, we eat pickled cucumber and carrot. It was an awesome feast

Beside the usual chicken or goat satay, we have several kind of satay, but it's usually rare and a bit expensive. Like rabbit satay, pig satay, etc. We also have Sate padang, the one made with beef, with different sauce and wholy different taste.

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Putu Ayu

Today I want to present you Putu Ayu, made by my friend Kezia, a Tourism student :). She doesn't share it with me tough, just the photo T_T
It is actually sold at traditional market in front of my house but I haven't buy it for a long time. One of my favourite cake among traditional cakes.
This is a traditional steamed cake, the flavor is mild, not too sweet, smooth, topped by shredded coconut meat with a bit of salt to balance it, and quite filling. And like many other Indonesian traditional food, it is made with coconut milk. The green color is from pandanus, a plant for traditional green dye and distinct aroma. Perfect for a quiet evening

Name : Putu Ayu
Type : Sweet cake
Ingedrients : Flour, sugar, egg coconut milk, coconut meat
Price : Around Rp 1.500 Rp-2.500 ($0.15 - $0.25) at traditional markets. In supermarket, the price would be doubled and the aroma is usually not so great

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Cakwe

Today is Cakwe, my favourite street food from Medan, Indonesia. Actually, Medan host a lot of delicious snacks, but this one is my absolute favourite, I will be tempted to buy one everytime I see them sold.
Cakwe is some kind of fried cake, like doughtnut, but it is very different from doughnut. For one thing, donuts in Indonesia is associated with sweet taste, and Cakwe is usually suited the hot/sour taste more. It is also more chewy, and have a very light structure. It was most delicious eaten when freshly deep-fried, and then dipped into the sauce - some kind of unconcentrated hot-and-sweet chilly water - or the sauce poured into it, like what I prefer.


This is eaten by hand, no need to bother to try eating it with cutlery, it is very hard to cut and won't be as yummy. Usually, cakwe is sold with "Kue Bantal", literally translated "Cushion Cake". Sometimes cakwe also become a topping of dishes, cut into small pieces by scissors. One of the most usual dishes topped with cakwe is rice porridge

Name : Cakwe
Type : Fried food, salty cake
Ingedrients : flour, rising agent, salt, sauce is chilly,water and sugar
Price : I usually bought it $1 for 7 pieces, but could be more (Rp 1.500-Rp3000)

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