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The food of Java

16 dishes tied to Java, Indonesia: born there, or made its own.

LontongVegan 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreCylindrical rice cake wrapped in banana leaf, served with sauces or soups Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch

Tumpengꦠꦸꦩ꧀ꦥꦼꦁ 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreCone-shaped rice surrounded by assorted Indonesian side dishes Main dish, Lunch, Dinner

Nasi udukꦤꦱꦶꦮꦸꦢꦸꦏ꧀ 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 2 moreSteamed coconut rice with spices, served with assorted side dishes Main dish, Breakfast, Lunch

Nasi kuningVegetarian 🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreRice cooked with coconut milk and turmeric, served for celebrations across Indonesia Rice dish, Breakfast, Lunch

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Tumpeng: brother-harahap, CC BY 2.0, source
Lontong: No machine-readable author provided. Diádoco assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY 3.0, source
Nasi uduk: Takeaway, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Nasi kuning: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly plate

Every Monday: seven dishes you may not know, what the world is cooking this week, and one way of eating.