Peeking on hot spices and sweet sugar
of the Acehnese culinary
What is interesting in visiting Banda Aceh ? it is culinary trip actually ! Why we must do culinary trip here? What
is more interesting that a place rich in abundance of hot spices and sweet culinary ?
The right place is ... Banda Aceh !
Banda Aceh is a place rich in abundance of hot spices and sweet sugar of the culinary. It has many culinary delicacy each with its own unique spices ,sweet and flavors that makes our mouth addicted to taste it again and again. And giving unforgatable that gived traditional taste in our mind :)
Food serving tradition
Serving food in wedding ceremony is a tradition we can find in Aceh. The food served is specified for the bride’s family. It’s variated from the sweet to hot amd spicy, fruits, cakes, drinks and the unique rice wrapped in banana leave. The served food is very well stacked and organized.
Hot spices of
Acehnese culinary
- Mie
Aceh
Acehnese noodles is one of the favourites among the hot spiced culinair
in Aceh. It has 3 varians, fried, wet fried, and boiled.acehnese noodles is
made from hot spices and chili. The seasonings is similar to curry usually
shrimp, meat, crab and squid. The aroma more tempting when it’s sprinkled with
fried onion, onion leaf, and seledri. Acehneswe noodles has its own flavor
and fragrance, different
from other noodles.
When we try
these noodles, we can instantly feel the spicy flavor and
aroma of fragrant herbs. The red color became
one of the uniqueness
of thess noodles. Eating Acehnese noodles is
fantastic companied with fried chips, red onion
and pickles, and
put a little lemon
slice.
To make this special Aceh cuisine, the ingredients and
seasonings to prepare
is beef, shrimp,
cabbage, bean sprouts, noodles, red and
white onions, tomato,
green onion, celery, vinegar and soy sauce. For
the spicy paste, you need to prepare red
and white onions,
red pepper, curry powder, cumin, pepper,
and salt.
- Kari kambing ( Kuah Blangong )
Acehnese
curry is the most popular cuisine in Aceh. It’s called “kuah Beulangong” wich
means “pot sauce” in Indonesia. The Acehnese Curry has a hot and spicy taste
with a yellow color. The meat is what varies it. Goat meat, beef, chicken meat
and duck meat. Coconut milk ,jackfruit, young banana, red chilli, dried chili
and grated coconut is the main ingredients. In many occasions, Acehnese Curry
is cooked in a very big pot. Usually the adult men with good cooking skill that
cooks this curry, so it can be the attraction to tourist. Usually the curry is served with soy sauced
goat meat, and cucumber juice called “nie boh timon” used too neutralize the
blood pressure. This curry could also be served with other Acehnese cuisine
such as keumamah and fried chicken.
The sweet sugar
Timphan
Timphan is a very popular
Acehnese traditional cake. This cake has a variety of flavors and fillings with a distinctive aroma. This cakeis often served in important occasions
and major holidays of Islam. But on a
typical day, the food is easy to find in any
coffee shop. Timphan taste sweet and sticky with a soft
and chewy texture.
Timphan ingredients is glutinous rice and coconut milk. Sometimes
the basic materials of timphan is
varied with yellow
pumpkins, bananas and brown rice. Filling
in this timphan
is srikaya dough,
grated coconut or
durian that tastes very sweet. A very prominent
characteristic of timphan is timphan
dough wrapped in
steamed young banana leaf. The making proccess of Timphan
also has its own uniqueness. The dough is shaped as small
balls and then thinned on a banana leaf, then comes the filling part
continued with wrapping and steaming.
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