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印度尼西亚烹饪 Indonesian Cooking: The 17,000 Island Kitchen

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.

Overview

The Indonesian culinary foundation.

Source

SRI LANKAN + PORTUGUESE DEEP + INDONESIAN DEEP

Cross-Cuisine Parallels

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