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Dadar gulung

Dadar gulung

Sweet rolled pandan-flavored coconut pancakes

Nasi

Nasi

Nasi kucing

Nasi kucing

Rice, sambal, fish and tempeh, wrapped and steamed in banana leaves, nasi kucing means cat rice, meaning that portion sizes are enough to feed a cat

Nasi tim ayam

Nasi tim ayam

Steamed rice with chicken, may also be made with pork, beef, fish

Nasi uduk

Nasi uduk

Coconut rice with herbs and spices

Taho

Taho

Soft tofu with brown sugar syrup and sago or tapioca pearls

Tinutuan

Tinutuan

Rice porridge with sweet potato, pumpkin, cassava, topped with vegetables, meats

Youtiao

Youtiao

Deep-fried dough stick, may be stuffed with meat, eat with congee

Affogato

Affogato

Vanilla gelato or ice cream in espresso

Ais kacang

Ais kacang

Bean ice, shaved ice with syrup, corn, kidney beans and jellies

Ang ku kueh

Steamed glutinous rice flour dumpling filled with, for example, mung bean paste, sweet peanut paste, shaped like tortoise shells

Bakpia pathok

Sweet pastries filled with mung beans, chocolate, durinan, cheese

Banana roti

Banana roti

Flatbread made with bananas

Bomboloni

Bomboloni

Doughnuts filled with vanilla pastry cream, Nutella, fruit jam, serve with coffee, cappuccino

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Bubur candil

Sweet porridge made with coconut milk, pandan and sugar with glutinous rice balls

Bubur kacang hijau

Bubur kacang hijau

Sweet mung bean porridge

Bubur ketan hitam

Bubur ketan hitam

Sweet black glutinous rice porridge, coconut milk, cane sugar, palm sugar

Bubur sagu

Bubur sagu

Sago pearl dessert with sugar, pandan leaves, coconut

Cendol

Cendol

Sweet rice flour jelly noodles, often served with, for example, azuki beans, jackfruit, shaved ice, coconut milk

Chocolate

Chocolate

Roasted and ground cacao seeds, made into chocolate bars, used in sweets, desserts, moles, sauces, drinks, cakes, cookies, used in many recipes and foods

Churro

Churro

Fried cylindrical pastry, serve with dulce de leche, chocolate

Cincin

Cincin

Sweet red palm ring cakes

Clorot

Clorot

Sweet cone-shaped rice flour snacks made with coconut milk and wrapped with coconut leaves

Dadar gulung

Dadar gulung

Sweet rolled pandan-flavored coconut pancakes

Dadiah

Dadiah

Sweet water buffalo or goat yogurt

Dalgona

Dalgona

Dodol

Dodol

Fudge-like confection made with glutinous rice flour, sugar, coconut milk

Es buah

Es buah

Cold fruit cocktail dessert made with fresh fruit, shaved ice or ice cubes, syrup or sugar

Es campur

Es campur

Mixed shaved ice dessert, made with shaved ice, condensed milk, syrup, fruit, seaweed, agar jelly worms, common during Ramadan

Es doger

Es doger

Coconut milk shaved ice beverage with many available toppings

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Es goyobod

Coconut milk, shaved ice, sugar syrup, jellied mung bean starch, may also contain coconut and avocado

Es krim

Es krim

Es puter

Es puter

Coconut milk ice cream, many different flavors available

Es teler

Es teler

Iced mixed fruit drink made with tropical fruit, coconut milk, condensed milk, syrup

Geplak

Geplak is an Indonesian sweet snack, originating from Java, made from equal parts coarsely grated coconut and sugar, often brightly colored. Some versions include rice flour, citrus leaves and/or waluh fruit. Geplak is mainly produced in Bantul, a city in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Getuk

Getuk

Small confections or cakes made with cassava, coconut, sugar, several variations

Getuk goreng

Small confections made with cassava and sugar

Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Cakes, breads and biscuits made with ginger and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, from dense or airy cakes to crispy cookies

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Jajanan pasar

Jajanan pasar

Traditional sweets, cakes and treats

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Jan hagel

Shortbread spice cookie bars, common during Christmas

Klappertaart

Klappertaart

Coconut custard

Klepon

Klepon

Rice cake balls filled with palm sugar syrup and coated with grated coconut

Kolak

Kolak

Sweetened coconut milk with palm sugar, fruit, pandanus leaf, cassava, jackfruit, plantains, pumpkin, sweet potato, tapioca, common during Ramadan

Kue

A classification of a variety of small snacks or dessert foods, many different types and flavors

Kue lidah kucing

Kue lidah kucing

Cat's tongue cookies, long and thin, may contain jelly, chocolate

Kue putu

Kue putu

Steamed rice flour cake

Kue satu

Kue satu

Mung bean flour cookie

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Kuih kapit

Thin wafer cookies, commonly folded or rolled

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Kurma

Fried strips of dough covered with a ginger syrup, common during Diwali

Lapis legit

Lapis legit

Layered spice cake

Lupis

Sweet glutinous rice cake topped with grated coconut and palm sugar syrup

Macaron

Macaron

Meringue cookie made with almond flour, egg whites, sugar, then made into sandwiches using fruit curd, buttercream or ganache

Martabak manis

Martabak manis

Sweet pancakes, commonly filled with butter, sugar, chocolate, coconut, creamed corn, peanuts, cheese

Mousse

Mousse

Whipped custard, many flavors, for example, mousse au chocolat, fruit, mousse can also be savory, for example, salmon mousse

Nagasari

Nagasari

Rice cake filled with banana

Nian gao

Nian gao

Glutinous rice cake, common during the Chinese New Year

Ombus ombus

Sticky rice filled with palm sugar and coated with coconut flakes, either wrapped in a banana leaf or shaped by hand by forming a fist and squeezing

Onde

onde - Rice flour pastry filled with bean paste and topped with sesame seeds

Pandan cake

Pandan-flavored sponge cake

Panna cotta

Panna cotta

Thickened, sweetened cream, may be flavored with vanilla, chocolate, berries, mango, coconut, sea buckthorn

Pineapple tart

Small shortbread cookies with a pineapple jam filling

Pisang goreng

Pisang goreng

Banana fritters

Pisang rai

Boiled sliced banana pieces coated with coconut and palm sugar syrup

Profiteroles

Profiteroles

Putri salju

Putri salju

Crescent shaped cookie covered with powdered sugar

Rosette

Rosette

Deep-fried shaped pastries, formed by dipping a hot metal iron into batter and then plunging it into hot oil

Roti buaya

Roti buaya

Crocodile-shaped sweet bread, common at weddings

Roti tissue

Roti tissue

Very thin flatbread

Strudel

Strudel

Filo pastry with a sweet filling such as apple, fruit, nuts, cheese, poppy seeds, there are also savory strudels

Taho

Taho

Soft tofu with brown sugar syrup and sago or tapioca pearls

Tapai

Fermented sweet rice

Vla

Vla

Custard or pudding, many different flavors

Wajik

Wajik

Steamed glutinous rice cake

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Wedang angsle

Coconut milk with glutinous rice, sago pearls, mung beans, flour cakes, peanuts

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Wedang ronde

Glutinous rice balls with a peanut filling in warm ginger syrup

Wingko

Coconut pancake

Air kelapa

Air kelapa

Air tebu

Air tebu

Sugarcane juice

Arabica coffee

Arabica coffee

A species of coffee, Coffea arabica, there are many different Arabica varieties

Arak

Arak

Homemade rice or palm sap alcohol. Warning: blindness and deaths have resulted from methanol poisoning after drinking homemade arak, and production of arak is illegal

Bajigur

Bajigur

Hot beverage made with coconut milk, palm sugar, coconut, coffee, bread

Bandrek

Bandrek

Hot beverage made with condensed milk, ginger, palm sugar, cinnamon, other spices

Bandung

Bandung

Evaporated or condensed milk with rose cordial syrup

Bintang

Bintang

Bir pletok

Bir pletok

Traditionally, a non-alcoholic beverage made with ginger, pandan leaves and lemongrass

Black coffee

Black coffee

Drip coffee with no added ingredients

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Brem Cair

Caffè macchiato

Caffè macchiato

Espresso topped with a small amount of foamed milk

Caffè mocha

Caffè mocha

Espresso or coffee with chocolate, hot chocolate or chocolate syrup and steamed milk, can be topped with milk foam or whipped cream, also served chilled, several variations

Cappuccino

Cappuccino

One part espresso with one part steamed milk and one part thick foam, named after the brown, hooded robes of Italian Capuchin monks

Cognac

Cognac

Cold brew coffee

Cold brew coffee

Coarsely ground coffee is typically steeped in room-temperature water for an extended period of time, then strained, this method results in less-bitter coffee

Cortado

Cortado

One part espresso plus one part steamed milk topped with very thin milk foam

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Dewe

Doppio

Doppio

Two shots of espresso with crema on top

Drip coffee

Drip coffee

Ground coffee is brewed with hot water and the liquid is passed through a filter using gravity

Es kelapa muda

Es kelapa muda

Coconut milk/coconut water, may contain sugar, often served with fruit

Espresso

Espresso

Finely ground coffee brewed quickly with highly pressurized water

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