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Dishes from Indonesia
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Gulai
Indonesian coconut-milk curry from the Minangkabau kitchen of West Sumatra - rich, golden, ladled generously over rice at the Padang canteen.
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Jukut Ares
A clear, herb-bright Balinese soup built around the inner core of the banana plant, simmered with jackfruit, long beans, lemon basil and a thin coconut-broth finish.
Sambal Ulek
Sambal ulek is the raw Indonesian chilli paste pounded in a stone mortar, the base of every table sambal from Java to Sumatra.
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