page_title: Malay cuisine
section_title: Indonesia
hierarchical_section_title: Malay cuisine / Regional cuisine variations / Indonesia
caption_attribution_description: Sambal Belacan made with mixed toasted belcan (shrimp paste), ground chili, kaffir leaves, sugar and water. It is a perfect side for a Peranakan meal per the original uploader's comment at flickr.
context_page_description: Malay cuisine is the cooking tradition of ethnic Malays of Southeast Asia, residing in modern-day Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and the Philippines as well as in Cocos Islands, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
context_section_description: The cuisine of Malay Indonesians spread in east coast of Sumatra and Kalimantan, primarily West Kalimantan. Because of close ethnic kinship and proximity to Malaysian Malays, many dishes are shared between the two countries. For example nasi lemak and nasi ulam are considered as native dishes of Riau and Jambi. Malay cuisine also shares many similarities with neighboring Minangkabau cuisine of West Sumatra, Palembangese cuisine of South Sumatra and Acehnese cuisine of Aceh; such as sharing gulai, asam pedas, kari, lemang, nasi minyak, pempek, pindang, rendang and roti canai. This is due to the fact that the Minangkabaus are culturally closely related to the Malays. Malay Indonesian cuisine has also been influence by Arab, Betawi, Chinese, Indian and Javanese cuisine. 
  Otak-otak is a dish involving fish pieces wrapped in banana leaves. Grilled fish cake made of ground fish meat mixed with tapioca starch and spices.
  Tempoyak is a fermented durian sauce and sambal belacan is a Malay-style of sambal made of fresh chilies and toasted belacan in a stone mortar. Both are the familiar condiments in Sumatra. 
  Other Malay Indonesian dishes, includes acar, amplang, ayam goreng, ayam pansuh, ayam penyet, ayam percik, begedil, bihun goreng, bobotok, bubur asyura, bubur cha cha, bubur lambuk, bubur pedas, cincalok, epok-epok, various gulai, ikan bakar, various ikan patin dishes, kangkung belacan, kemplang, ketupat, kwetiau goreng, various laksa, lepat, lontong, martabak, mi celor, mi goreng, mi kari, mi rebus, nasi ambeng, nasi briyani, various nasi goreng, nasi kari, nasi kebuli, pekasam, rojak, roti jala, roti john, roti tisu, sambal sotong, samosa, satay, sayur lodeh, various siput gonggong dishes, soto, soto mi, sup ikan, sup kambing, sup rusa, tauhu goreng, tekwan, terang bulan and ulam.
caption: Sambal belacan made of fresh chilies and belacan
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