The food of Sumatra
8 dishes tied to Sumatra, Indonesia: born there, or made its own.
Palm wineVegan
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 moreA lightly alcoholic drink made by fermenting the sap of palm trees
Drink
Satayꦱꦠꦺ
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreGrilled skewers of seasoned meat or seafood, often served with peanut sauce
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Sambal
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreA spicy Southeast Asian paste or sauce made mainly from ground chillies
Sauce, pickle or ferment
KetupatVegan
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 5 moreRice packed in woven palm leaf pouches and boiled until firm
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Banana chipVegan
🇵🇭 Philippines and 4 moreCrispy slices of banana, fried or dried, eaten as a snack or sweet
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
Gulai
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 4 moreSpiced Southeast Asian stew with coconut milk and a blend of local herbs
Main dish, Lunch, Dinner
Onde-ondeVegan
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 moreSweet rice flour balls with palm sugar and coconut, common in Southeast Asia
Sweet or dessert, Snacks
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.
- Ketupat: Meutia Chaerani, CC BY 2.5, source
- Satay: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Palm wine: Nick Hobgood Peace Corps Zaire, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sambal: Windi Utari, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gulai: Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Onde-onde: Yun Huang Yong, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Nasi kuning: Gunawan Kartapranata, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Banana chip: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, source