Culinary specialties

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This time I will discuss some typical food from my region, that is typical food of Aceh.
Culinary Aceh is one of the best culinary Indonesia and has a very distinctive taste. The spice spices are so strong and varied. So that makes the lovers addicted and never forget with the aroma as well as the taste of this typical cuisine Serambi Mecca.
Because of the popularity of culinary from Aceh, almost in various big cities in Indonesia we can find a restaurant that sells typical Aceh cuisine. Well, now we discuss, what are the traditional culinary of Aceh that you must know and obliged to you enter the list of food menu must eat?

1.Goat curry

The main characteristic of the culinary of the island of Sumatra is the spices that combined with the santannya santannya. Just like this one menu, goat curry. This Aceh goat curry is really spoil the tongue of everyone who eats it.
Aceh goat goulash has a sauce that is quite thick. Sauce is quite sharp taste of spices typical of Aceh mixed with chili sauce and crushed lime pepper. While the contents are minced goat meat that has been boiled until smooth

1. Aceh noodles

This Aceh noodle is one of the prima donna culinary from Aceh. The popularity of this Acehnese noodle has even reached the international arena lho! Noodle Aceh is indeed have unique characteristics and taste, delicious and second to none. This is because the spice used for cooking is full of spices that have a sense of kick on the tongue.
Aceh noodles are available in two types, which can digreng and soup. Although made from noodles, but this menu is very filling lho! The texture of the noodles is quite thick, and the marinade tends to taste like a savory and spicy curry.

1. Kuah pliek U (Patarana)

From the name alone has sounded unique. This is none other than the raw cooking material is also unique named Pliek-U.

When the kingdom of Aceh triumphed in his time, the 16th century, the cuisine known as Kuah Pliek-U is a royal food consumed by kings.

This curry consists of a mixture of various types of vegetables plus "pliek-u" and salted fish head as flavoring. "Pliek-u" or also called patarana is leftover or pulp of copra (coconut) which oil has been squeezed. People in rural Aceh, indeed use coconut oil for cooking. Coconut oil is obtained by squeezing the coconut and the coconut pulp is used as a cooking spice called Pliek-U which has been through the process of fermentation and drying.

This coconut preparation produces cooking oil called "minyeuk reutik." The coconut husk is not thrown away, but it is dried again so that it becomes "pliek-u" which is slowly black. Pliek-u emits a distinctive coconut oil scent. In the Acehnese tradition, "pliek-u" becomes one of the flavoring spices to process vegetables into pliek-u curry.

This curry consists of various vegetables ranging from young jackfruit, leaves melinjo plus young melinjo fruit, long beans, green eggplant, cassava leaves, young papaya, young corn and fruit squash. Complete seasoning consists of pliek-u, cilantro, red pepper, cayenne, onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, coconut roasted (gongseng), pepper and sunti (starfruit). And to add delicious taste can be mixed with salted fish. Usually the head of the fish becomes an option to be incorporated into the curry / Pliek-U sauce.

All vegetables are chopped and boiled until soft. Then put the seasoning that has been milled except the salted fish head in the vegetables. Let the spices are absorbed by the vegetables and then added coconut milk (which is not too thick), then cook to boil it.

Goulash (sauce) pliek-u is ready to eat when it has issued a distinctive aroma, fragrant and stimulate appetite. This aroma comes from the Pliek-U in the curry. If you already smell this aroma you will not be moved from the table and always want to taste it again and again.

Want to try, many typical restaurants Aceh in Banda Aceh and cities in the east coast of Aceh, which offers vegetables curry Pliek U this. Guaranteed to be addicted. Many women from outside Aceh who secretly ask the recipe to the restaurant owner, to try it yourself. Congratulations to try the sauce pliek-u and feel the sensation as a king.

Thank :)