Coconut and kecap manis (sweet soy sauce) add a fresh twist to an old favourite.
Turmeric and coconut are a fabulous flavour combination found across south-east Asia. Here,they’re combined in a simple Balinese-ish pork bake that would be perfect with some steamed rice.
This Indonesian way with fried rice - jazzing it up with prawns,tomatoes,bean sprouts and herbs - is very handy when you have cooked too much rice,or indeed,have leftovers such as chicken,ham or salmon.
Don't have day-old rice for nasi goreng? Don't worry. This one-pot version of the Indonesian fried rice dish starts with raw rice which absorbs chicken stock for extra flavour.
An easy,speedy and spicy Indonesian-style egg dish that is excellent served atop roti.
This is easier to make than it looks,is super-tasty and versatile – both the rice and salad will go with many different main dishes.
Think throw-together nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice). Normally you would combine ingredients in a food processor or mortar and pestle to create a rempah (paste),fry this,then add in a whole host of additions,but I've forgone authenticity for speed. No fancy leavened sourdoughs here;this works best on white bread. If you like extra brown and crunch,give the outer sides of bread a swathe of butter before assembling.
Bali's famous babi guling roast suckling pig is a must-have dish. The ideal accompaniment is this "sambal matah" – a refreshing and fragrant foil.
The key to these beans is the "rempah" – the paste of onion,garlic,ginger and chilli that forms the basis of many Malaysian and Indonesian dishes. Think of it as a south-east-Asian mirepoix.
A recipe from the Good Food collection.