 Nasi bakar seasoned rice dish with fried chicken, mushroom, vegetables, and sambal, wrapped inside bana leaf and grilled upon charcoal fire. | |
| Course | Main course |
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| Place of origin | Indonesia |
| Region or state | Nationwide |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Seasoned rice with various ingredients wrapped inbanana leaf and grilled upon charcoal fire. |
Nasi bakar (Indonesian for "burned or grilled rice") refers tosteamed rice seasoned with spices and ingredients and wrapped inbanana leaf secured withlidi semat (a small needle made of a central rib of coconut leaf) and later grilled upon charcoal fire. The burned banana leaf produced a unique aroma on the rice. The banana leaf package is opened upon consumption. It is a relatively newly developedIndonesian dish around the early 2000s, probably derived fromnasi timbel rice wrapped in banana leaves.
There are many variants of nasi bakar according to its ingredients, such as fried chicken, empal gepuk (fried beef),anchovy, peda fish,milkfish,salted fish,shrimp, mushroom,tempeh, tofu, salted duck egg etc.[1]
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