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Exploring the Delights of Traditional Nusantara Street Snacks
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items A variety of traditional street snacks from across the archipelago offer unique and distinctive flavors. Each bite brings a taste of rich history and culture, from the savory goodness of lupis to the sweet surprise of klepon. It’s a simple way to sav...
Onde-onde is made from wheat flour or sticky rice flour which is fried or boiled and the surface is sprinkled/covered with sesame seeds. Onde-onde originates from China and then spread to Southeast Asia, one of which is Indonesia.
Onde Onde
Putu cake is a unique type of market snack. This cake is usually sold on a cart with a distinctive sound. Putu cake is made from coarse grains of rice flour, grated coconut cooked in a small bamboo tube and filled with brown sugar.
Kue putu
Lemper is a type of market snack that is popular almost throughout Indonesia. Lemper is a sticky rice snack filled with chicken or shredded meat, wrapped in banana leaves.
Lemper
Carabikang is made from sweet debfab rice flour and has a soft and fibrous texture. Carabikang can be found in traditional markets. This cake is shaped like a blooming flower with beautiful colors.
Carabikang
Serabi is a typical wet cake in Indonesia. There are two types of serabi, namely sweet serabi which uses kinca (liquid brown sugar) and salty serabi with or without seasoned oncom sprinkled on top. Another type of serabi originating from Solo is made...
Serabi
Lumpia is a popular type of market snack originating from Semarang. Lumpia is a snack consisting of skin and filling. This fried dish usually has bamboo shoot filling, and has two variants, namely wet spring rolls and dry spring rolls.
Lumpia
The next type of market snack is pastels. Pastels have a savory and crunchy taste, so many people like them. Moreover, the contents of pastels can be varied. Some are filled with vegetables, others are filled with additional eggs or meat. Eating it w...
Kue pastel
Bakwan is a fried food that can probably be found anywhere. This type of market snack, which is usually in the form of a bowl, consists of flour dough filled with vegetables with a very delicious taste. What's more, if you add cayenne pepper or chili...
Bakwan
Klepon is made from glutinous rice flour which is formed into small balls and filled with brown sugar and then boiled in boiling water. The cooked klepon is then rolled over the grated coconut so that it sticks.
Klepon
Cucur cake is a type of market snack that is often found in market snack places. This cake is made from a mixture of fried rice flour and palm sugar. This cake is thick and puffs up like a mountain in the middle and thin at the edges. In Indonesia, e...
Kue cucur
Rolled omelette is a wet cake consisting of a thin omelette skin made from flour. This skin is then filled with grated coconut which has been mixed with brown sugar. The filling is then rolled together with the skin. The skin of rolled omelette is us...
Dadar gulung
Risoles are a type of market snack that is no less popular. Risoles are snacks covered in breadcrumbs, which usually contain vegetables. However, now there are many variations, namely with modern toppings such as cheese, mayonnaise, smoked beef, and ...
Risoles (Indonesian Style of Rissole)
Cente Manis is a typical Betawi cake made from hunkwe. This type of market snack is usually wrapped in plastic or printed with flower-shaped prints. Sweet cente cakes are also usually added with a mixture of sago pearls which gives a beautiful appear...
Cente Manis, Cantik Manis, or Jentik Manis. Traditional Indonesian ...
Klappertart is a very popular typical Manado cake. This cake is made from coconut, wheat flour, milk, butter and eggs. Klappertart is a culinary icon in North Sulawesi. Klappertart is available in baked solid or soft custard-like form.
Klappertaart a delicacy of Indo-Dutch Heritage
Ku cake or also known as red turtle cake is one of the snacks most often found on the market. This cake is round or oval in shape with a motif resembling a turtle shell. My cake is made from sticky and soft sticky rice skin with a sweet filling in th...
Kue Ku, Kue Tradisional Red Turtle Cake
Wingko tripe is made from sticky rice flour mixed with young grated coconut and granulated sugar. Wingko is usually round and served warm and cut into small pieces. Wingko tripe has a chewy and smooth texture. This snack has a legit sweet taste.
Wingko
This type of getuk market snack is made from boiled cassava. Usually, the most popular getuk is getuk lindri. The shape is like noodles that are compressed and cut into long squares. Getuk lindri is served with delicious grated coconut and a little g...
Gethuk
Nagasari is made from rice flour, sago flour, coconut milk and sugar filled with banana. The bananas usually used as filling are plantain types. This cake is usually wrapped in banana leaves and then steamed.
Nagasari
Mud cakes are made from coconut milk, potatoes, wheat flour and eggs. Vanilla is used as a fragrance and is often decorated with raisins and sliced young coconut on the surface. Mud cakes are inspired by a typical Portuguese cake called pasteis de na...
Kue Lumpur (Indonesian Mud Cake)
Talam cakes are generally made from starches such as rice flour, cassava flour (tapioca), wheat flour or sago flour. Talam cakes are usually layered. Make a dough from rice flour, tapioca and brown sugar, boil it, then pour it in to form 4 layers. Th...
Kue talam
Gemblong is a type of traditional wet cake that is often found in market snacks. This cake is made from white glutinous rice flour dough which is kneaded until smooth and shaped like a ball. The dough is then formed into a round shape and fried, once...
Gemblong: Indonesian sweet treat made of glutinous rice
Pancong cake is also known as bandros. This cake is made from a mixture of rice flour, grated coconut, suji leaves and coconut milk. This cake is usually served with a sprinkling of granulated sugar. The shape of this cake is similar to a pukis cake ...
Kue Pancong
Pinch cake Kue pinch is made from a mixture of milk and wheat flour. This cake is very famous in Jakarta and its surroundings. It is called pinch cake because when the cake is cooked, the cake is taken with tongs which will look like it has been pinc...
Kue cubit
Pukis cake is made from egg mixture, granulated sugar, wheat flour, yeast and coconut milk. The mixture is then poured into a half-moon mold and baked over a fire. Pukis are usually sprinkled with chocolate, cheese, sukade, or jam.
Pukis cake
Eclairs are round cakes with a cavity filled with flan, custard or meat. Eclairs filled with vla or custard are served after cooling them in the refrigerator, because vla or custard made from milk easily becomes stale. This cake is often served with ...
Kue Sus Isi Vla
Lapis legit orspecuk is a type of traditional wet cake from Indonesia. This cake was first developed during the Dutch colonial period in Indonesia, inspired by European layer cakes. This cake has a rich, spiced taste because it is made from a mixture...
Lapis Legit / Spekkoek