pepes — Indonesia
Indonesia
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Pepes is an Indonesian cooking method using banana leaves as food wrappings. The banana-leaf package containing food is secured with lidi seumat (a small nail made from the central ribs of coconut leaves) and then steamed or grilled on charcoal. This cooking technique allows the rich spice mixture to be compressed against the main ingredients inside the individual banana-leaf package while being cooked and also adds a distinct aroma of cooked or burned banana leaves. Although being cooked simultaneously with food, the banana leaf is a non-edible material and is discarded after consuming the food.
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Where this version sits
A single, final coordinate: Indonesia. Another version of the same dish, elsewhere, gets its own point.
Photo: Gunawan Kartapranata — CC BY-SA 3.0
