PECEL, POPULAR JAVANESE CULINARY

Cuannaga.com - Pecel is a one of popular food in Indonesia. A typical pecel seasoning that uses peanut sauce as the main ingredient mixed with various types of vegetables. 

This food is especially popular in the DI Yogyakarta, Central Java and East Java areas. The origin of the word and the area of ​​pecel is not known certainty. In Java, pecel can be interpreted as 'mashed' or 'crushed by being pounded’.

Madiun Pecel

This food has been around since the Dutch colonial period. The proof  was that in Suriname, a former Dutch colony, there was also pecel, although there are differences in taste in the spices and contents, because it follows the tastes and conditions there.

Pecel is usually made from boiled vegetables such as spinach, bean sprouts, long beans, turi flowers, or other vegetables served with pecel sauce.

The concept of a pecel dish is similar to a salad dish. Both use fresh vegetables as the main ingredient (body) and use dressings.

The difference is, if most salads use mayonnaise as a dressing, then pecel uses pecel sauce. This food is also similar to gado-gado, although there are differences in the ingredients used. 

The History of Pecel

The main ingredients of sambal pecel are roasted peanuts and cayenne pepper which are mixed and pounded with other ingredients such as kencur, kaffir lime leaves, garlic, tamarind, brown sugar and salt.

Pecel is often also served with fried tempeh, peanut brittle, ebi peanut brittle, soybean peanut brittle. Pecel is also usually served with warm white rice plus fried foods. 

The way of serving can be on a plate or in a folded banana leaf called "pincuk". The spicy pecel flavor and the pungent peanut sauce are the hallmarks of this dish. And what makes it unique, pecel is very suitable to eat  by all groups, both children, teenagers and adults.

Pecel is better known as a special food from the City of Madiun, East Java, Indonesia, which is made from boiled vegetables in the form of spinach, bean sprouts, long beans, turi flowers, krai (a type of cucumber) or other vegetables served with pecel sauce.

Pecel can be found in Central Java, West Java and East Java. In Indonesia, there are lots of pecel’s seller. 

Because there are many enthusiasts of this typical food. Besides the delicious taste, the price is also relatively cheap. And if you have a trip in Indonesia, don’t forget to taste this popular food, this is Pecel.