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AS AN Indonesian nation, people must be proud of the culinary riches of this country because each region has its own unique cuisine.
One of them is snacks or commonly referred to as traditional Indonesian snacks. Although nowadays snacks are mushrooming with new innovations or even foreign snacks, authentic Indonesian snacks are still victorious and the demand for them is always increasing because of their unique taste and affordable prices.
In fact, more and more are pursuing the snack business because the production and marketing can be done only from home. Here are five authentic Indonesian snacks that are timeless that are suitable to accompany activities at home such as Work From Home (WFH) during the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic:
(1). Chips
This one snack, the most widely known by the public. Starting from potato chips, cassava chips, banana chips, sweet potato chips and so on. Of course, there are many who sell with various brands, even in bulk.
Actually, if you want to make your own is not too difficult. You only need to thinly slice the ingredients that will be made into chips, then fry in oil. To add a savory taste, just mix the ingredients with salt, onion, garlic, or pepper. Many also make it spicy or sweet, depending on taste. This chip snack is also timeless, because until now, there are still many fans of these various types of chips.
2. Cireng
This snack from West Java is one of the favorite snacks in Indonesia, which is easy to find. Usually sold in several places to eat, or in supermarkets in a state not fried (frozen). Cireng is made from a mixture of starch, wheat flour, water, ground pepper, salt, garlic, soybeans, and scallions which are then mixed into a flat circular dough and fried in oil.
Cireng is also equipped with additional spices, namely rujak spice which tastes sweet and spicy. The best time to enjoy cireng is when the cireng is still hot after frying.
3. Rengginang
Rengginang comes from West Java, Banten. Initially the ancients wanted to make sticky rice tapai but their yeast ingredients were empty and finally the steamed glutinous rice was formed into small rounds, dried in the sun, and fried (known as Rengginang). It turns out, in fact, many people like the rengginang, so that currently rengginang still exists for sale in several places. Currently, Rengginang has innovated with various flavors such as balado, chocolate, green tea, strawberry, to chicken satay.
4. Pisang sale
This banana-processed snack is usually sold in some snack shops, or in some areas as a souvenir. The savory and sweet taste managed to captivate the tongue and hearts of the people. Pisang sale is a processed food made from thinly sliced bananas and then dried in the sun. The word sale is known for its distinctive taste and aroma. Pisang sale is actually easy to make yourself, it only requires ingredients such as bananas, wheat flour, and rice flour. However, indeed most people prefer to buy ready-made because it is quite easy to find this one snack.
5. Cork eggs
Snack on cork eggs is no stranger to the ears of the Indonesian people. This snack is one of the legendary ones from Betawi Jakarta which is very popular with many people, so it is often called an authentic Indonesian snack.
The taste of this snack is salty, crunchy and savory, but now many cork egg snacks are innovating with various flavors such as cheese, and palm sugar which are suitable for sweet taste lovers. One of the cork eggs snacks that are packaged in a modern way is the Cork Egg from Kata Oma. The word Oma was born from the concern of a grandmother to meet the snack needs of her grandchildren with delicious snacks, made from natural ingredients, authentic Indonesian and of course hygienic so that it is safe for consumption by all family members.
Cork Eggs Oma’s word originated from a family-derived recipe. The Kata Oma comes with various flavors such as palm sugar, cheese, balado padang, and salted egg. [antaranews/photo special]
