印度尼西亚烹饪 Indonesian Cooking: The 17,000 Island Kitchen
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Origin
Indonesia — 17,000 islands, 270 million people, 700+ languages — produces the most geographically diverse culinary tradition in the world. The specific culinary traditions of Bali, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua are as distinct from each other as the national cuisines of Europe — unified only by the shared spice base (candlenut, galangal, lemongrass, turmeric, chilli) and the presence of rice as the foundational starch. The Spice Islands (Maluku — the source of nutmeg, cloves, and mace that drove the entire Age of Exploration) are part of this archipelago.
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Description
The Indonesian culinary foundation.
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The Thread
—Malaysian cooking (direct parallel — the Indonesia-Malaysia culinary tradition is a continuum), Malay Singapore cooking (same tradition in an urban context), Javanese cooking (same base tradition — Ja
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Flavour Context
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