"SEBLAK" A modified Local Wisdom

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JAPLAK, NOODLES SEBLAK WITH CHICKEN FEET TOPPING!

        Talking about food variety from Indonesia has always been a non-ending Topic. The Country of Hundreds of fascinating Cultures and unique Tribes has been the heaven of Food Lovers. The amazingly rich taste of Indonesian Culinary products is recognized worldwide. 

        Rendang Padang, one of the famous traditional food from West Sumatra enrich the list of Indonesian most Phenomenon traditional foods. This traditional food has a typical taste of herbal ingredients mixed with the traditional way of cooking that can preserve the Beef Redang to be stored for a long time. You might want to check the link for more explanation. 

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352618117301270

        From West Sumatra, Let's move a bit further to Other Island in Indonesia, Bandung, West Java. Yes, we are going to talk about one of this City's well-known food.  As you can see from the picture the food we are going to talk about is "Seblak". 

        Seblak is one of the Local wisdom started in Bandung, the original variant of seblak is made of Kerupuk ( Dried Chips), with Indonesian traditional spices like shallot, garlic, aromatic ginger (kencur), and loads of Chilly blend together. to make it more not only delicious but also nutritious, some may add chopped vegetebles like cabbage or kale even carrot.

        Why is it local wisdom? because the recipes of this food are inherited generation by generation. Through words of mouth from time to time. Then it became a famous spicy food amongst the Sundanese in West Java. It is created from a family tradition, where Sundanese are mostly family people who like to stay close to the big family.

        Seblak tastes savory and occasionally very spicy, today you can find Seblak in various types of ingredients. Dried Chips, Macaronies, Kwe Tiaw, Noodles, are some of the most used basic ingredients in making seblak. Recently, in 2019 people started to create a new type of Dried food it is called Japlak. Japlak is made of  Glutinous flour called kanji. 

Japlak seblak has occupied the market of Seblak selling throughout the years until today. Teenagers of spicy foods lovers would have ordered this type of seblak. and since then seblak has been a famous spicy food with lots of different toppings. 

        Before the pandemic, you can find many Seblak Street food at markets or culinary stations in west Java. Even in villages, towns,s and big cities in Indonesia. it is modified to a more sophisticated food many times in several areas. The toppings create an expensive price out of the most.

    

        So, if one day you visit Bandung or West Java, never leave the place without tasting the variations of Seblak especially "Japlak Seblak with noddles". You won't regret every taste of it.

By. Ms Phia