Menus from street stalls, canteens, and elegant eateries are presented; recipes for those meals follow. Her colorful photographs of vendors and their wares show many of the foods native to the lands. Such long coastlines create a diet rich in fish and shellfish. The vegan cook will prize raw vegetables, often served with spicy lime juice and shallots, crispy fried tempeh and marinated tofu, as well as noodle and rice dishes. Meat is less important: spicy, hot and sour, often with coconut or as stuffing in pancakes or chili peppers.
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Susan Anderson was born in 1961 in East Anglia, UK. Her interest in art and antiquities has led to travel in the former USSR, Australia, and the Far East. She has lived in Jakarta for five years with her husband, an oil exploration engineer.
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Disappointing: the index browse feature ripped me off,
By Kiko (California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Indonesian Flavors (Paperback)
I own a few Indonesian cook books already, so I browsed the index of this one carefully before ordering it. The recipes looked pretty standard until I noticed an entry for compressed rice, or lontong. I love lontong and was excited to think I would learn the secret to making it myself.
When I got the book, the first thing I did was turn to page 114 to see how to press lontong. Instead, I found a superficial overview of popular tropical fruits. I turned the page and under the heading "Puddings and Cake" found a capsule summary of the Badui culture of Sunda. Then again, for a cookbook, it was actually a pretty long section considering it said nothing about Badui cuisine other than that it is fascinating to watch them boiling palm sugar to sell. I scanned every page looking for lontong. It appears only in the index. The photos are lively, well-composed, and apt, but the text reads like an outdated travel guide. If this author's next work is a coffee table book of photos, I will buy it--provided she gets a partner to write the captions.
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Recipes given in this book serve approximately four people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
freshgreen chilies, piece freshginger, teaspoon powdered form, tamarind soaked, fresh red chilies, discard lemongrass, spice paste, skinned almonds, dried chilies, teaspoon dark brown sugar, tablespoons dark soy sauce, cup string beans, rumah makan, colored juice, fresh green chilies, fry the shallots, lime leaf, cup shrimp, adjust seasoning with salt, stalk lemongrass, cups coconut milk, teaspoon coriander seeds, teaspoon grated lemon rind, chopped coriander, cup bean sprouts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Special Ingredients, Gado Gado, Discard the Kaffir, Ujung Kulon, Central Java New!
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Recipes given in this book serve approximately four people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
freshgreen chilies, piece freshginger, teaspoon powdered form, tamarind soaked, fresh red chilies, discard lemongrass, spice paste, skinned almonds, dried chilies, teaspoon dark brown sugar, tablespoons dark soy sauce, cup string beans, rumah makan, colored juice, fresh green chilies, fry the shallots, lime leaf, cup shrimp, adjust seasoning with salt, stalk lemongrass, cups coconut milk, teaspoon coriander seeds, teaspoon grated lemon rind, chopped coriander, cup bean sprouts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Special Ingredients, Gado Gado, Discard the Kaffir, Ujung Kulon, Central Java New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Indonesian and Thai Cookery Pb by Sri Owen in Back Matter
- Indonesian Food and Cookery by Sri Owen in Back Matter
- Hot Sauce by Scott Pomfret in Back Matter
- The New Art of Indonesian Cookery by Detlef Skrobanek in Back Matter
- The Food of Bali: Authentic Recipes from the Island of the Gods (Food of the World Cookbooks) by Heinz von Holzen in Back Matter
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