A FOOD TRADITION
Javanese-Surinamese Cuisine
A Surinamese Javanese cooking tradition centered on Indonesian-derived rice, noodle, vegetable, grilled, and sweet dishes.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Ayam Kecap
Chicken is braised in sweet soy sauce with aromatics and seasonings until tender and richly glazed.
Bakabana
Bakabana is ripe plantain coated in a lightly seasoned batter, deep-fried, and commonly served with peanut sauce.
Bami Goreng
Javanese-Surinamese fried wheat noodles tossed with soy sauce, aromatics, vegetables, and optional egg or meat.
Cendol
A chilled Southeast Asian dessert of pandan-flavored rice-flour jelly, coconut milk, palm sugar syrup, ice, and often red beans.
Dadar Gulung
Dadar Gulung is a rolled Indonesian and Surinamese Javanese crepe filled with sweetened grated coconut and palm sugar, often colored and flavored with pandan.
Gado-Gado
Gado-Gado is an Indonesian-style composed vegetable salad served with peanut dressing and commonly accompanied by tofu, tempeh, and egg.
Klepon
Klepon are soft boiled or steamed glutinous-rice-flour rice cakes filled with palm sugar and coated in fresh grated coconut.
Kueh Lapis
Kueh Lapis is a colorful Malaysian steamed layered cake made from rice flour and tapioca starch with coconut milk and sugar.
Lapis Legit
Lapis Legit is a rich Indonesian layered spice cake made by repeatedly baking a butter- and egg-based batter with wheat flour, sugar, milk, and aromatic spices.
Lemper
Lemper is a steamed or grilled Indonesian-style sticky-rice snack wrapped in banana leaf and filled most commonly with seasoned shredded chicken.
Loempia
Loempia is a crisp fried wheat wrapper filled typically with seasoned cabbage and other vegetables, with meat or seafood included in some versions.
Lontong Sayur
Compressed rice cakes are served in a savory coconut-milk vegetable stew with regional variations in tofu, tempeh, or egg accompaniments.
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