Designed by
Title
INDONESIA NATIONAL DISH #52542641
Description
The slamatan, a form of traditional thanksgiving ceremony, which features Tumpeng dish, in Sukoharjo, Java, Indonesia. Tumpeng is a cone-shaped rice dish like mountain with its side dishes (vegetables and meat). Traditionally featured in the slamatan ceremony, the cone shape of rice is made by using cone-shaped woven bamboo container. The rice itself could be plain steamed rice, uduk rice (cooked with coconut milk), or yellow rice (uduk rice colored with kunyit (turmeric). In 2014, Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy promoted tumpeng as one among 30 Indonesian culinary icons, and finally elevate its status as the official national dish of Indonesia in 2014, describe it as the dish that binds the diversity of Indonesian various culinary traditions.
This image is editorial