One more culinary of Indonesian food which has a delicious flavor. This dish comes from Padang, a city that became the capital of province of West Sumatra. Padang is known for its cuisine and Minangkabau ethnic. Padang cuisine tastes good and can make the audience hooked to enjoy it more. Overview taste of Padang cuisine is savory and little bit spicy, for those who like spicy can added the green chili sauce to their food. Typical of Padang cuisine is a savory curry sauce, boiled cassava leaves and green chili sauce. In addition, there are a few other vegetables are commonly served with Padang cuisine menu such as ferns, unripe jack fruit, green beans, and jengkol. Side dish that is often used is beef, chicken, eggs, tilapia, and gurame. All dishes cooked with special spices that ultimately make Padang cuisine to be very tasty. In one package of Padang cuisine usually presented in rice, cassava leaves, chicken or other side dish as desired, curry sauce and green chili as a complement.
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Padang Cuisine (this image belongs to Gunawan Kartapranata)
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Although this dish is typical food from Padang, but Padang cuisine stalls can be found in various regions, particularly in Java. Culinary business of Padang cuisine in Java island is very successful because many favored by the people. There are a lot of food stalls that grows and develops in Java island. The price is relatively affordable for a package of Padang cuisine make this dish more familiar with a lot of people. Costs to enjoy a package of Padang cuisine are around IDR 20,000 or USD 2. Padang cuisine stall are also commonly found in the Bali island and several stall in outside the country. The owner of Business Padang cuisine stalls are also able to adapting to the tastes of local community thus it became more developed and can be enjoyed by all people. The taste of Padang cuisine in the Java island might be a little bit has a different taste to the authentic cuisine of the origin region. This is also adapting to the Padang cuisine stalls in Bali, for Padang cuisine stall in overseas may be reduce spicy taste because of the spicy taste is not so familiar with people overseas.
The presentation of Padang cuisine at most Padang cuisine stall is in the buffet, which let buyers choose side dishes and vegetables into their favorite. Do not forget to take the curry sauce, cassava leaves and green chili sauce, three components complement the delights of the Padang cuisine. The secrets of the delicacy of Padang cuisine lies in the seasoning. Seasoning from Padang cuisine is a combination of garlic, onion, ginger, galangal, turmeric, and other basic seasonings. Coconut milk has an important role in making the Padang cuisine tastes more savory and delicious.
