Beef Rendang
A tested home-kitchen beef rendang: spice paste, coconut milk reduced to a dark dry curry, and the exact point to stop cooking.
6 · Medium
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Every recipe on the site: 17 tested Indonesian and Southeast Asian dishes, written for home kitchens outside the region.
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
Charcoal-style chicken satay with a savoury peanut sauce, sweet soy marinade and cucumber relish.
4 · Easy
Gado-Gado
Blanched vegetables, tofu and tempeh under a warm peanut dressing, the classic Indonesian salad.
4 · Easy
Nasi Goreng
Indonesian fried rice built on day-old rice, a shrimp paste base and the right order of ingredients.
3 · Easy
Soto Ayam
Turmeric-gold Indonesian chicken soup with vermicelli, beansprouts, egg and fried shallots.
4 · Easy
Nasi Lemak
Coconut rice with sambal, crispy anchovies and peanuts, built the way a Malaysian or Singaporean breakfast stall does it.
4 · Easy
Char Kway Teow
Smoky stir-fried flat rice noodles with prawns, Chinese sausage and chives, cooked hot and fast the hawker way.
2 · Medium
Bakso
Indonesian beef meatball soup with a clear broth, noodles and crispy shallots, made from scratch with the springy texture that defines it.
4 · Medium
Ayam Kecap
Chicken braised in sweet soy sauce with shallots, garlic and ginger, a weeknight dish ready in thirty minutes.
4 · Easy
Mie Goreng
Indonesian fried noodles with sweet soy sauce, cabbage and egg, the version cooked in every warung and at every home late at night.
2 · Easy
Curry Laksa
Coconut curry noodle soup with prawns, tofu puffs and a chilli paste base, rich enough to be a meal on its own.
4 · Medium
Pisang Goreng
Crisp battered banana fritters, sweet inside and shatteringly light outside, sold at every roadside stall in Indonesia.
4 · Easy
Ikan Bakar
Indonesian grilled fish in a sweet chilli marinade, cooked over charcoal or a hot griddle until the edges blister.
4 · Easy
Sambal Oelek
The raw chilli paste at the base of Indonesian cooking: four ingredients, five minutes, and the single biggest upgrade to any dish.
Makes about 200 ml · Easy
Sayur Asem
Sour tamarind vegetable soup with peanuts, corn and melinjo, a light and sharp counterweight to a rich Indonesian meal.
4 · Easy
Kaya Toast
Charcoal-toasted bread with coconut egg jam and cold butter, the Singapore and Malaysian breakfast eaten with soft-boiled eggs.
4 · Medium
Klepon
Glutinous rice balls filled with molten palm sugar and rolled in coconut, a five-ingredient Indonesian snack that is best eaten warm.
Makes about 24 · Easy