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Dishes from West Sumatra

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Showing dishes tied to West Sumatra in Indonesia - the city-first view, not the whole country. Clear region

Soups & Stews

Rendang

Indonesia's celebrated slow-cooked beef curry - simmered for hours in coconut milk and spices until dark, dry and intensely tender.

Indonesia · West Sumatra

Soups & Stews

Gulai

Indonesian coconut-milk curry from the Minangkabau kitchen of West Sumatra - rich, golden, ladled generously over rice at the Padang canteen.

Indonesia · West Sumatra (Minangkabau) - countrywide across Indonesia

Snacks & Appetizers

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.

Indonesia · Indonesia, especially West Java and West Sumatra where small bird's eye chillies give the fiercest heat

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