The Story Behind the delicacy Rendang

Indonesia has a complex cultures. Not only stated in the performing arts, culture Indonesia manifests through traditional fabrics and prescription archipelago are abundant.

Bak gersangnya oasis in the middle of the desert, news agency CNN survey on social networking confirmed rendang and fried rice as the most delicious food.

Only, perhaps there are still many who enjoy the food just because of the taste, culture without knowing the story behind it. In fact, knowing the story in every concoction of herbs and prescription heritage, will make us even more respect for national culture. Good understanding of the cultural roots can grow a culinary passion to preserve it.

Rendang better known as part of the tradition of the Malay community. However, each ethnic Malay rendang taste different. According to historian JJ Rizal, artificial rendang rendang different Minang society Mandailing community. Kapau different with rendang.

"This shall be saved. We must menginventariskan all existing types of rendang and then patent it, and practically treated like a canned food," said Rizal who was met after the seminar 'Observing the archipelago as a reflection of Wealth Culinary Cultural Nation' at the University of Indonesia, Wednesday, 21 September 2011.

As quoted from an account on Facebook Rendang Padang, rendang has a respectable position in the customs and culture of Minangkabau. The ingredients also contain a strong meaning.

1. Dagiang or Beef is the main ingredient used. Meat symbolizes Niniak Mamak (the elder person in a tribe) and Bundo Kanduang that will give prosperity to the children and young nephew bananas (brother of the mother).

2. Karambia or coconut symbolizes Cadiak Smart (The Intellectual), which will glue together between groups and individuals.

3. Or Sambal Lado, is an emblem of Alim Ulema spicy, assertive to teach syarak (religion).

4. Seasoning symbolizes cooker or functional role in the lives of individuals and groups is an important element in a common life in Minang society.

In order for Global Nusantara Cuisine

We can be proud to hear the coronation of rendang and fried rice as a food in the world's most delicious version of CNN. However, do not be complacent. This momentum must be a weapon for popularizing the archipelago range of other cuisines.

Rendang and fried rice only part of the culinary wealth of the country that are abundant. "It's nice to hear rendang become the most preferred foods, but foods from other regions do?" cultural experts said Prof. Dr. Edi Sedyawati after the seminar 'Observing the archipelago as a reflection of Wealth Culinary Culture Nation' at the University of Indonesia.

According to him, the people of Indonesia have more incentive to organize events such as festivals or fairs culinary Indonesian food at home and abroad.

Not only that, studies related to culinary, business development in the areas of catering, innovative recipes, the synergistic efforts of various parties, as well as cuisine civilize the archipelago should be done to be able to survive in the 'onslaught' foreign culinary.

Maybe not all people know the whole Indonesia archipelago cuisine. In fact there are people who only know the iconic foods from big cities in Indonesia. For this reason, studies and identification of related culinary throughout Indonesia are important.

"Indonesia's rich cuisine, one dish alone could have several different types in other areas. That's why there is need for identification and classification of Indonesian food. It is important to promote it," he explained.

In addition as a step to promote culinary Indonesia, it was also considered as a first step to cultivate traditional Indonesian cuisine. Amid the onslaught of foreign restaurants, a growing number of young children Indonesia Indonesia forgotten traditional dishes.

"It is therefore important to educate and introduce our children to Indonesia cuisine. Do not let them do not like or do not know because too often consume foreign cuisines," he added.

But unfortunately, the complexity in cooking recipes Indonesia deter young people to learn to cook. Instead they prefer to cook the recipes are not practical to use a lot of seasoning.

To overcome this problem, Edi Sedyawati said that innovation in food recipes important thing to do. For example, by packing spices so easy to be processed. "Maybe later rendang spices can be made instantaneously. Then mixed into the meat with a certain portion of water. So it made practical as possible," he said.

Not only that innovation in the use of food is also equally important. Seeing the fact that the increasing number of imported foodstuffs, food products discredit Indonesia. Even the campaigns use of imported food products more incentive to do.

"The tongue we are now occupied. They are trying to achieve our tongue to create the familiar flavors. It is capitalism in the food," says historian JJ Rizal, found in the same occasion.

It refers to the popularity of products not manufactured in the country. More and more imported food products that replace domestic food products as a base for the manufacture of traditional cuisine. "Why not replace them with cassava, sweet potato, or other products that can be manufactured in Indonesia," Edi Sedyawati added.

According to him, there must be a synergistic movement carried out between the government, pembisnis, and farmers. Indeed, food product quality standards Indonesia is still a barrier. However, to promote Indonesia recipes that use domestic food products can be a smart choice for a growing push food quality.

And, this being the task of the Indonesian nation next. In addition to promoting the culinary, food products but also promote Indonesia.

Typical Balinese Sambal tested Crickets

In the midst of culinary exotica archipelago that was rising prestige, serving Betutu never knocked out of the Balinese sense of adventure. Be excellent in the middle of another typical dish such as lawar, satay wrap, and tum.

Betutu saju cuisine is the pride of the people of Bali. The main ingredient of chicken or duck wrapped in banana leaves. Having wrapped again with stem nut, chicken or duck is planted in a hole in the ground and stockpiled coals for 6-7 hours until cooked.

However, traditional processing is in fact difficult to put into practice again. In modern times, people just wrap the chicken or duck that has been typical betutu dibalur spices, steam for a moment, then bake for about an hour.

This dish is also a mainstay of the festival Balinese cuisine at the Peacock Café, Sultan Hotel Jakarta, which was held from 19 to 31 September. "Duck Betutu the most sought after and always exhausted," said one chef who handles the presentation of a typical menu.

Duck dish Betutu deliver Balinese sense of adventure in the monthly festival. Presented with a variety of other specialties, such as satay chicken wrap, wrap beef satay, chicken tum, tum and cows. Tum is Balinese cuisine that its form resembles the Pepes.

Melonggok menus are presented starting at lunch until the dinner hour, you may be difficult to identify the existing menus. Not all the menu displays the name of the dish description. If curious, you have to actively ask the waiter who happened to be passing or add to stock.

The difficult part is missing from the eyes of different chili dish that tickled the curiosity. After asking a few names sauce chef quite foreign to the ear: matah sauce, sambal SERE Tabia, chili eggplant, sauce crickets, keluwek sauce, and sambal kecicang.

The chef explains, various chili was made of the same basic ingredients, namely lemongrass, kencur, orange, and ginger. The only difference in terms of color, like red and yellow. "Because this color is a color identical Bali. Sambel-sauce is served with banana leaf wrap," he said.

Petuangan feel more complete with a touch of Balinese fabrics that bind a number of the chair and the pillars at the cafe. The waiter also performed with traditional Balinese accessories, like a flower in the ear and headband.

Peacock Café - The Sultan Hotel
Jalan Gatot Subroto, Senayan, Jakarta
Phone: 021 570-3600 / Fax 573-3055
Price: $ 179,000, + + / adults and 89 500, + + / child (all you can eat buffet)

Super nutritious fruit of African Origin

One more so-called fruit contains high antioxidants, Baobab. Reporting from the NY Daily News, with a sharp sense of exotic, it's described is a blend of citrus, pear, and vanilla, the Baobab fruit has been consumed for years in Africa.


According to National Geographic, the fruit of the plant, dubbed 'Vitamin Tree' is, contains six times more vitamin C than oranges. Not only that, the content of two times more calcium than milk and contains high iron, namely potassium and magnesium.


This exotic fruit has a low glycemic index with a higher fiber than apples, peaches, apricots and bananas. Antioxidants are also four times more than the dried cherries, blueberries and cranberries.

Baobab is currently on display in the Natural Products Expo East show in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. When placed in a coconut shell, this fruit has a natural drying, heating or suspended without due process.


From this Baobab, chewy candy made ​​with four flavors of mango, raspberry, strawberry and mixed berry. This candy is a blend of citrus pectin, and fruit puree Baobab powder, without added sugar.


Baobab natural sugar content which is dried and shaped dice claimed 45 percent lower than dried cherry, and 60 percent lower than the dried cranberries.


Then, Baobab in powder form, according to Stephan Broburg, owner of Baobab Foods, a food company based in Washington, six times more antioxidants than blueberries and cranberries and two times more than the goji berry.

Jacket "Thriller" Michael Jackson Auction

Dresses ever worn Michael Jackson, has always been an icon. Including red leather jacket she wore in the video clip "Thriller". The jacket is now auctioned at prices very high.

As reported by the Shine, the estimated price will reach between U.S. $ 200 thousand to U.S. $ 400 thousand or Rp1, 7 billion up to Rp 3, 4 billion. Parties of Julien's Auctions, an auction house to auction off his jacket "Thriller", was optimistic that the jacket will be much coveted despite exorbitant prices offered.

This is because years ago, the King of Pop gloves ever wore while on tour "Bad" sold U.S. $ 330 thousand or Rp2, 8 billion. The new auction will be conducted on 25 and 26 June.

Currently the initial price offer has been made ​​online, amounting to U.S. $ 100 thousand or Rp850 million. You are interested in buying?