The nut meg tree is a native to the Moluccas. Nutmeg seed oil is used for perfume, flavouring sauces, tobacco and medicines. Sago palm is used as a thickener in cooking. Indonesians cook their food in coconut milk and oil and serve it wrapped in banana or coconut leaves. The meat they eat is beef and chicken.
Corn is a popular food.
City people eat western dishes and Chinese as well as Indonesian. By Aoife Parlon. We researched this on the Encarta C.D. ROM and on the Grolier C.D. ROM and encyclopedias in our classroom.