Traditional Indonesian Appetizers
We want to tell you about the traditional Indonesian appetizers. Well, even though we usually eat the main dish first and then continuing to eat the dessert after that. We don’t really know well about the actual appetizers, it’s like our own habit. But, the thing you should notice is we prefer to call those appetizers as the “small” meals. Usually they have so much colorful flavor and so good, a really god choice before start chewing the main dish. So, in here we want to tell you about 15 of them, included on the list of traditional Indonesian appetizers. More about Traditional Indonesian Appetizers ,See the Others foods
1.Batagor
Batagor is like the Indonesians best friend. You can easily find them on the vendors that selling them with their batagor wagon. The wagon itself is also very noticeable, because you can see the word “Batagor” on it.
Usually people in here always buy more and more of them, even some people orderit twice. Kids, adults, teenagers, all of them love this traditional “appetizer”. With such a cheap price and very delicious taste complete with peanut sauce, this one is not missable.
2.Siomay
Siomay. Like the batagor vendors, you can also notice the sellers of siomay so easily by their wagon. One thing to notice here, the sellers will always shout “Siomay” when travelling around.
Not like the Batagor that always packed in plastic to eat it, this Siomay always eaten in a plate. Don’t worry if you happen to not having a plate around you when ordering this food, the sellers will gladly serve you with their own plates.
3.Lumpia
Lumpia, you can find so many stuff, ranging from vegetables, and also the chicken meat. So this appetizer is perfect for either vegetarian or not, because you can choose so many kinds of Lumpia that available in these days. Even some people add some mayonnaise and other good stuff inside.
4.Martabak
Martabak. In Indonesia, you will easily find the Martabak sellers during night time only. Well there’s some in the day and evening, but not as much as in the night. Also, some restaurants serve this food as an appetizer, with the smaller portion of couse.
You can choose two kinds of Martabak, there’s
- Martabak Manis (Sweet Martabak)
- Martabak Telor (Egg Martabak).
5.Serabi
Serabi. There’s some variations of Serabi, even some areas in Indonesia have their own unique Serabi that really different from the other areas. The taste is always the same though, which is sweet and tasteful.
6.Pastel
Inside the Pastel, you can find the delicious vegetables and really crispy skin. That’s a great combination of a meal right there. One Pastel is not enough for the whole evening, you should eat more of them.
7.Risoles
Risoles, the food that look almost the same as Lumpia.The main different to notice is, the skin. The skin of Lumpia is really dry and crispy, not like this Risoles that has the skin that looks like a nugget. It has the crumbles like the nuggets, you know.
8.The Egg Satay
If you don’t what is this stuff, then let me tell you. This really delicious egg sauce is also one of the kids foods that sold in front of their school. Some teenagers also come by and buy them for eat at home. It’ll be great as an appetizer before eating your main dish.
9.Asinan / Pickles
Of course, in almost every foods in Indonesia, there will be some pickles. Well if the pickles in another country like America look more like a cucumber with the additional “sauce”, in Indonesia the pickles come with so many varieties. All of them really great to eat first to “wash” your mouth before tasting the food after that. The most tasty pickles out there in Indonesia is the Jakarta pickles. It feels somewhat refreshing and so eye opening.
