List of Foods and Prices that are Common in Indonesia

In Indonesia a lot of cheap food that is sold along side a road or traveling. These foods are also a favorite food of the population Indonesia :) 


1. Nasi Goreng / Fried Rice

            Nasi goreng, literally meaning "Fried rice" in Indonesia, can refer simply to fried pre-cooked rice, a meal including stir fried rice in small amount of cooking oil or margarine, typically spiced with kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), shallot, garlic, tamarind and chilli and accompanied with other ingredients, particularly egg, chicken and prawns. There is also another kind of nasi goreng which is made with ikan asin (salted dried fish) which is also popular across the country. president barack obama also liked the fried rice residence time indonesia. fred rice price Rp. 10.000 - Rp 20.000 ( US$ 1 - US$ 2). Some of common nasi goreng recipes are:

• Nasi goreng ayam: the most common nasi goreng with chicken, spices and sweet soy sauce, the color is golden brown
• Nasi goreng pete: nasi goreng with green stinky beans, the combo variation of nasi goreng kambing-pete is also popular
• Nasi goreng sosis: nasi goreng with sausages
• Nasi goreng Jawa Timur: East Javanese style of nasi goreng, similar with nasi goreng ayam, but sweet soy sauce is replaced with tomato and chili sauce, as the result the color is red instead of golden brown
• Nasi goreng kambing: nasi goreng with goat meat
• Nasi goreng istimewa: special nasi goreng, usually refer to nasi goreng ayam with addition of fried eggs topping

2. Nasi Pecel / Rice Pecel

         Nasi pecel is a Javanese rice dish served with pecel (cooked vegetables and peanut sauce).The vegetables are usually kangkung or water spinach,long beans, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, and in East Java often used kembang turi. It tastes best when eaten with fried tempeh and traditional cracker called peyek. It is popular in East and central java. PRICE Rp. 7000 - Rp. 10.000 ( US$ 0,50 - US$ 1) 

3. Nasi Kucing / sego kucing 

           Nasi kucing also known as sego kucing and often translated cat rice or cat's rice) is an Indonesian rice dish that originated from Yogyakarta, Semarang, and Surakarta but has since spread. It consists of a small portion of rice with toppings, usually sambal, dried fish, and tempeh, wrapped in banana leaves. 

Nasi kucing consists of a small, fist-sized portion of rice along with toppings. Common toppings include sambal, dried fish, and tempeh. Other ingredients can include egg, chicken, and cucumber. It is served ready-made, wrapped in a banana leaf, which is further wrapped in paper.A variation of nasi kucing, sego macan (English: tiger's rice) is three times the size of a regular portion of nasi kucing. It is served with roasted rice, dried fish, and vegetables. Like nasi kucing, sego macan is served wrapped in a banana leaf and paper.

              Nasi kucing is often sold at a low price (sometimes as low as Rp 1000 [US$ 0.12] for nasi kucing and Rp 4000 [US$ 0.48] for sego macan at small, road-side food stalls called angkringan, which are frequented by lower class people, or wong cilik, including pedicab and taxi drivers, students, and street musicians. This has led to angkringan being considered the "lowest class of eatery".

4. Gado - Gado 

Gado-gado (in Indonesian or Betawi language), also called Lotek (in Sundanese) for its cooked version - differed from lotek atah or karedok for its fresh and raw version of the vegetable covered with peanut sauce and pecel (Javanese language) is an Indonesian dish comprising a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing. It is thought to have originally been a Sundanese dish. It is widely served from hawkers carts, stalls (warung) as well as in restaurants and hotel both in Indonesia and worldwide.Gado-gado is often sold price Rp.10.000(US$ 1)

5. Soto 

            Soto is a common dish, found in many regional variations of Indonesian cuisine. It is a traditional soup mainly composed of broth, meat and vegetables. There is no clear definition of what makes a soto, but normally many traditional soups are called soto, whereas foreign and Western influenced soups are called sop. Soto is sometimes considered Indonesia's national dish, as it is served from Sumatra to Papua, in a wide range of variations. Soto is omnipresent in Indonesia, available in many an open-air eateries and on many street corners. soto is often sold price Rp. 7000 - Rp. 10.000 Other sotos are named based on their chief ingredient:

• Soto ayam is chicken in a yellow spicy broth with lontong, nasi empit, ketupat (rice compressed by cooking wrapped tightly in a leaf, then sliced into small cakes), or vermicelli, commonly found in Indonesia ( Java island)
• Soto babat is a cow's or goat's tripe, served in yellow spicy coconut milk soup with vermicelli, potato, and vegetables, usually eaten with rice. It is commonly found throughout Indonesia.
• Soto kaki ("foot soto") is made of beef tendon and cartilage taken from cow's feet, served in yellow spicy coconut milk soup with vermicelli, potato, vegetables, and krupuk, commonly eaten with rice. It is Betawi food and can found in Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Soto mi is a yellow spicy beef or chicken broth soup with noodles, commonly found in Indonesia. Bogor, Indonesia, is famous for its soto mi made with beef broth, kikil (cow's cartilage), noodles, and sliced risoles spring rolls.