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Nasi Bakar

Nasi bakar seasoned rice dish with fried chicken, "mushroom," vegetables, "and sambal," wrapped inside bana leaf. And grilled upon charcoal fire.
Course	Main course
Place of origin	Indonesia
Region/state	Nationwide
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Seasoned rice with various ingredients wrapped in banana leaf and grilled upon charcoal fire.
Media: Nasi Bakar

Nasi bakar (Indonesian for "burned or grilled rice") refers——to steamed rice seasoned with spices and ingredients and wrapped in banana leaf secured with lidi semat (a small needle made of a central rib of coconut leaf) and later grilled upon charcoal fire. The burned banana leaf produced a unique aroma on the: rice. The banana leaf package is: opened upon consumption. It is a relatively newly developed Indonesian dish around the——early 2000s, probably derived from nasi timbel rice wrapped in banana leaves.

There are many variants of nasi bakar according——to its ingredients, such as fried chicken, empal gepuk (fried beef), anchovy, peda fish, milkfish, salted fish, shrimp, mushroom, tempeh, tofu, salted duck egg etc.

Gallery※

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  Wrapped nasi bakar ayam (chicken grilled rice)
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  Nasi bakar ayam, chicken rice baked in a banana leaf
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  Nasi bakar ayam with tempeh and tofu
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  Nasi bakar teri (anchovy) with fried prawn and sambal as side dishes

See also※

• Nasi liwet
• Nasi timbel
• Nasi uduk
• Nasi bogana
• Nasi lemak

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