page_title: Comfort food
section_title: Indonesia
hierarchical_section_title: Comfort food / By region / Indonesia
caption_attribution_description: Bahasa Indonesia: Bubur ayam English: Chicken porridge, Jakarta, Indonesia
context_page_description: Comfort food is food that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone, and may be characterized by its high caloric nature, high carbohydrate level, or simple preparation. The nostalgia may be specific to an individual, or it may apply to a specific culture.
context_section_description: Some popular Indonesian foods are considered to be comfort food, usually served hot or warm, and either soupy or with a soft texture. Most of them are high in carbs or fat, such as congee, fried rice, and noodles which are high in carbs; while meatballs and grilled skewered meats contain fair amounts of fat and salt. Comfort foods often are the kind of food that provides nostalgic sentiments, as they often called masakan rumahan (home cooking) or masakan ibu (mother's dishes). In Indonesia, the warm and soft texture of bubur ayam is believed to help people to recover during convalescence. Sayur sop or sup ayam is Indonesian chicken soup that often sought during flu. The warm soup contains chunk of chicken, bits of potato, carrot, and common green bean served in chicken stock.
  Some Indonesian comfort foods are traditional Indonesian food and some are derived from Chinese influences. For some Indonesians, especially those who are abroad, comfort food might also be a certain brand or type of Indonesian instant noodle, such as Indomie Mi goreng. Indonesian comfort foods include:
  Bakmi or mie ayam – noodles (mi) with pork (bak) or chicken (ayam)
  Bakso – meatball soup
  Bubur ayam – chicken congee
  Gado-gado – salad containing vegetables, tempeh and egg in peanut sauce
  Indomie Mi goreng – fried noodle
  Nasi goreng – fried rice
  Nasi tim – steamed chicken rice
  Sayur sop or sup ayam – Indonesian chicken and vegetables soup
  Sate – skewered barbecue with peanut sauce
  Soto ayam – spicy chicken soup
caption: Bubur ayam (chicken congee) is an Indonesian comfort food.
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