A FOOD TRADITION
Timorese Cuisine
A Timorese cooking tradition centered on corn, cassava, legumes, seafood, meat, coconut, and chili, with Portuguese and Indonesian influences.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Aguasál ikan nila
A tilapia soup from Leohitu village in Timor-Leste, soured with lime and tamarind and scented with lemongrass and basil.
Akar
A Timorese cassava preparation made with grated cassava, coconut milk, and palm sugar, typically steamed or baked into a dense sweet snack.
Batar Da'an
A Timorese vegetable-and-legume stew made chiefly from corn, mung beans, and pumpkin with aromatic seasonings.
Boek kari
A Timorese shrimp curry from Dili with eggplant in a lightly seasoned coconut-milk sauce.
Caril
A coconut-milk-based Timorese curry is simmered with aromatics and spices, often with chicken as the main protein.
Feijoada Timorense
A Timorese bean stew traditionally simmered with pork, aromatics, and vegetables until rich and tender.
Ikan Pepes
Whole fish is flavored with tamarind and cooked in palm or banana leaves.
Ikan uut nutritivu
A Timorese savoury fish powder combining dried shrimp, grilled fish, moringa leaves and sesame with fried aromatics.
Katupa
Rice is cooked until tender, traditionally enclosed in a woven leaf container and served as a staple accompaniment.
Saboko
A Timorese fish preparation seasoned with tamarind, chili, garlic, and onion, then wrapped in banana leaf and grilled or roasted.
Tukir
A Timorese goat dish slow-cooked with chili, garlic, onion, ginger, and lemongrass, traditionally cooked in a bamboo vessel.
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