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Minahasan cuisine orManado cuisine is the cooking tradition of theMinahasan people ofNorth Sulawesi,Indonesia. It is popularly known as "Manadonese cuisine" afterManado, the capital of the province, although other cities in Northern Sulawesi, such asBitung,Tomohon andTondano, are also known as Minahasan culinary hotspots. Manadonese cuisine is known for its rich variations inseafood, generous amount of spices, extra-hot condiments,^[1] exotic meats, and European-influenced cakes and pastries.Popular Manadonese dishes includetinutuan (Manado-style vegetable and rice congee),cakalang fufu (smoked skipjack tuna), cakalang noodle,paniki (spiced fruitbat), chicken or various fish and seafood spiced inrica-rica orwoku spices, chickentuturuga, andbrenebon.

Although not as popular and widely distributed asPadang food andSundanese cuisine, there is increasing awareness of Manadonese cuisine in theIndonesian cuisine scene. Numbers of Manadonese restaurants are growing in Indonesian cities such asJakarta,Bandung,Medan,Surabaya andMakassar.

Manadonese cuisine is marked by a mixture of native and foreign influences. Native Minahasan cooking tradition relies heavily onseafood as well as exoticbushmeats, and its heavy use of freshly chopped hot spices. It also demonstratesChinese andWestern influences (especiallyPortuguese/Spanish andDutch), most prominent insoups, cakes, andpastries.

Chicken andbeef are commonly consumed. A significant number of Minahasans areChristians; thehalal dietary law has thus not played an important role in the cuisine's development as it has for the Minahasans' Muslim neighbors on theSulawesi island (theGorontalos andNorthern Maluku people).Pork, wildboar, and evendog meat andbat are hence more ubiquitous in Manadonese cuisine compared to other culinary traditions in the Indonesian archipelago.

Manadonese cuisine is well known for its generous use of spices, sometimes making up more than half of the whole dish's ingredients. It has given the cuisine the reputation of being hot and spicy, often from the freshly choppedchili peppers added in. Common spices used in Manadonese cuisine includelemongrass,kaffir lime leaves,lime juice,chili peppers,spring onions,shallots,garlic,cloves andcandlenut. Seafood, pork and chicken are often cooked in Manadonese signaturebumbu (spice blends), such asrica-rica andwoku. Spicy condiments are also served as dipping sauce for seafood, such asdabu-dabu and sambal roa.

Among Indonesian ethnicities, Minahasans are well known for their affinities withEuropean culture. A number of European-influenced cakes and pastries made their way into the Minahasan kitchen. The most notable probably isklappertaart (fromDutch language, lit.coconuttart). Another example is panada, aPortuguese-influencedpanada similar toempanadas and filled with spiced groundskipjack tuna.

TheMinahassa Peninsula – the northern arm ofSulawesi, a narrow peninsula that formed the North Sulawesi andGorontalo provinces – is surrounded by seas on almost all sides. TheSulawesi Sea,Maluku Sea, andGulf of Tomini have been fished by the Minahasan people for generations, and seafood has thus become a staple diet in Manado. The harbor cities of Manado and Bitung are the center of the fishing industry in the area.

Various seafood such ascakalang (skipjack tuna),tude (mackerel),oci (larger mackerel),tuna,albacore,bobara (trevally),kakap (red snapper),kerapu (garoupa),tenggiri (wahoo),bawal (pomfret), shrimp, mussels and crabs are available in the marketplace, often being grilled on charcoal, and served indabu-dabu, cooked inwoku, inrica-rica, or in kuah asam soup.

Minahasan people are also known for theirbushmeats tradition. Before converting toChristianity in early 16th to 17th century, Minahasans wereanimists, and their practice on consuming almost every kind of animal still continued until this days.Rintek wuuk or RW (lit. Minahasan: "fine hair") is euphemism ofdog meat. In Minahasan culture it is considered prestigious to consume rare and unusual meats. The marketplaces of the mountainous town ofTomohon andTondano are notorious for selling various kinds of exotic bushmeats; from wild boar, fieldrats,patola snake (python),frog legs,paniki or fruit bats, and dog meat. Sometimes protected endangered animals such asyaki (Sulawesi black macaque),kuse (slow loris),tapir andanoa are illegally sold in marketplace as food.^[2]

Local name	Image	English name	Notes
Cakalang fufu		Smoked skipjack tuna	Cured and smokedskipjack tuna
Dabu-dabu		Spicycondiment	Spicy condiment made of slicedtomato,chili pepper,shallot andlemon juice
Mie cakalang		Skipjack tunanoodle soup	Mie cakalang, skipjack tunanoodle soup, a Chinese-influenced dish
Nasi kuning		Manadoturmeric rice	Nasi kuning,turmeric rice, although similar recipe also known throughout Indonesia
Paniki		Spicedfruit bat	Paniki, Minahasanese dish made from spicedfruit bat
Rica-rica		Rica-rica	Rica-rica, pork, chicken or fish spiced in a lot ofchili pepper
Rintek wuuk (RW)		Minahasan dog meat	Rintek wuuk (RW), lit. "fine hair", a euphemism for dog meat dish, served in plenty of spices
Tinorangsak		Spicy meat dish	Tinorangsak, spicy meat dish usually made from pork
Tinutuan / Bubur manado		Manadonese porridge	Tinutuan, sometimes calledbubur manado or Midal (bubur manado with Noodle), Manado style vegetables and rice congee
Woku		Woku	Woku, or its variant woku belanga; Pork, chicken or fish in woku spices

Local name	Image	English name	Note
Sayor bunga Popaya/Sayur bunga pepaya		stir-friedpapaya flower buds	Minahasan style stir-friedpapaya flower buds.
Kuah asam		Manado sour soup	Kuah asam, soup of fish or seafood based soup
Brenebon		Kidney bean soup	Kidney bean soup, sometimes mixed withpig's trotters,beef orchicken. Brenebon is derived fromDutch Cuisine influence.
Perkedel Milu		Corn fritters	Minahasan style corn fritters.
Rica rodo		Rica rodo	Stir-fried and spiced young corn,string beans andeggplant
Sayor Paku/Sayur tumis pakis		Stir-friedferns	Stir-friedferns
Kangkong cah		Stir-friedwater spinach	Minahasan style stir-friedwater spinach

Local name	Image	English name	Note
Es brenebon		Brenebon Ice	Sweet redkidney bean ice dessert
Klappertaart		Klappertaart
Lalampa			Similar tolemper
Panada		Panada	Similar toempanadas
Pisang goroho		Goroho banana	Friedbanana consumed with sambal roa (spicy condiment made from ground redchili pepper and smoked fish)
Perkedel nike		Anchovy fritters	Freshwater anchovy fritters

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  Bobara kuah asam, trevally in sour soup
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  Papaya flower bud cooked as vegetables
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  Chicken rica-rica

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