Indonesia

Information
Population: 249,865,631
Languages spoken & living: 700
religious groups: slam, Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, Hinduism,
Muslim.
Government: Habibie
Kind Of Money: Rupiah
Climate: entirely tropical
Terrain: mostly coastal lowlands, larger islands have interior mountains
Food
Agriculture/Main Crops: Sugar
Delicacies: Rendang- not an everyday food since it takes time and skill to make
it
Staples Of Their Food: Their staple is rice
Religious nfluences On Food Traditions: Chinese people introduced cuisine
and fried rice to ndonesia when they traded
Famous Foods: Sambal, restaurants have made it their main attraction, Bakso,
a favorite among students, cuisines, flavors- spicy or hot sauce served over
plain white rice
Historic Story
n 1965, an attempted coup led to a violent,
army-led anti-communist purge.
Beverages
There is two types of traditional drinks, hot and cold drinks.
Warm Drink: n Java, a warm drink is known as wedang. Wedang can be
enriched with a variety of spices that are available in the local area.
Cold Drink: fruit juices are very popular and are known as desserts. Fruit juices
are made of guava, oranges, avocado, etc.. combined with condensed milk.
Wine and Alcoholic beverages are not very popular in ndonesia for it is a
Muslim country. Although, there are few wineries in ndonesia. n Bali there is a
number of vineyards north coast who generally make wine without flavoring or
colouring them.
HoIiday Foods
TIey pruy Lo u God beIore un evenL, IIke u murrIugeJ buIIdIng u new Iouse. TIen
LIey serve u cone-sIuped mounLuIn oI sLeumed yeIIow rIce, sIIced uL
LIe Lop und served.
eburun Is LIe end oI Puusu (u monLI oI IusLIng und ceIebruLIng). DurIng
eburun, MusIIms euL bIocks oI rIce cooked In coconuL or puIm Ieuves. Cukes und
cookIes ure served wILI u poL oI Leu.
Recipe ExpIanation
Bubur Ayam- from blue-collar workers to government ministries, almost
everybody starts their day with Bubur Ayam. The origin of Bubur Ayam may
have derived from the Chinese Chicken Congee. ndonesia has something with
chicken, pork, and meat. Everything in their food has have meat like chicken,
pork, or beef.
SimiIar and Different
ndonesians often have snacks, small dishes,
when they get hungry. We eat 3 main meals of
the day. When they do have 3 main meals, they
prepare dishes in the middle of the table like
us. They eat at their tables, like us, but some
on a floor mat.