Indonesian Famous Food/Drink from different provinces.

I live in a small town with my parents and my brothers. Today I went to supermarket with my friend, and I wanna show you a few stuff that I found there. Hope it will help you to see Indonesia. :)

Markisa Syrup

Markisa/passionfruit comes from Brazil, which spread to Indonesia. In Indonesia, passion fruit is mainly found in North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Lampung and South Sulawesi. Passion fruit has a sour and sweet taste. Passion Fruit syrup is a delicious drink to break the fast, or as a beverage at the time when relaxing, gathering with friends, while working and others. How to serve passion fruit syrup is poured into a glass then add a little water and ice. Passion fruit syrup can be a gift for friends and family.

Salak

Salak/Snake Fruit is found growing in the wild in the southwestern part of Java and southern Sumatra. Snake Fruit has a sour and sweet taste. It's famous for it's rough skin that looks like a snake skin.

Tempe

Tempe is a food made from the fermentation of soy beans. Tempe is widely consumed in Indonesia, but now has worldwide. Tempe has a good nutrient content for the body. Tempe can be processed into various types of cuisine, such as stir-fried tempe.

Ikan Asin/ Salted Fish

The benefits of eating fish are well known by people, for example like in Japan, fish is the main food in the daily dish that gives the effect of youth and higher life expectancy. Preservation of fish has traditionally aimed to reduce the water content in the body of the fish, so it does not provide the opportunity for bacteria to breed. People in Indonesia also like to eat salted fish.

Kerupuk Udang

Prawn crackers are crackers made ​​from tapioca flour batter and shrimp. They are finely ground with spices and flavor enhancer. After it became a dough then it's steamed until cooked. It will be thinly sliced​​, then dried in the sun. Drying with hot sun usually about 2-3 days. Crude dry crackers ready to be fried at any time in order to be a cracker then it's ready to be served.