Unique, Here Are 10 Other Names Of Bakwan In Several Cities In Indonesia

JAKARTA - Apart from crackers, it seems Indonesian people can never get away from fried foods. Fried is a traditional snack that is often consumed in almost all regions of Indonesia.

Bakwan sayur is one of the favorite types of fried food that is always seen on the cart selling fried food. Vegetables such as cabbage, cabbage, bean sprouts, and shredded carrots are mixed together with the flour and spices mixture. Delicious, crunchy, delicious, and definitely cheap!

But apparently, fried vegetable bakwan has a different name in several regions in Indonesia. What could it be?

Bakwan is indeed the most commonly known in several cities such as Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Manado, and many others. In Lampung, bakwan is usually eaten with vinegar like pempek.

Malang people are more familiar with this fried food by the name weci, while others call it heci. Several cities in East Java such as Lumajang and Madiun also call it by this name.

Moving to the east of the island of Java, namely to the island of Sulawesi. In Southeast Sulawesi, precisely in Kendari, this bakwan mixed with vegetables is called kandoang. Have you been with it before?

This is different from Manado, North Sulawesi and Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. The people there usually refer to bakwan as Macao or Macau, similar to the name Macau in China. Macao is usually served with peanut sauce or a mixture of tomato sauce, chili sauce, and rawit.

In Central Java, especially in Blora and Pati areas, this fried dish made of flour and vegetables is known as pia-pia. However, some people in Ponorogo, East Java also call it pia-pia.

Residents of the cities of Semarang and Pekalongan have a unique nickname for vegetable bakwan, namely rhino. Because of its unique name, local residents often use bakwan as a joke, for example, "how great is Semarang people like to eat rhinos!"

Many cities in East Java refer to bakwan as ote-ote. Among them are Surabaya, Gresik, Blitar, Mojokerto, and so on. But you know what, in Malang ote-ote is the term for bare chest. Wow, be careful in using the words, huh!

In Sundanese, "bala" means "messy" aka disorganized. It seems that it reflects the shape of the vegetable bakwan which cannot be 100 percent round or smooth on its surface. So, in Bandung, bakwan is called bala-bala.

If in Kupang and Manado it is called Hong Kong, it is different from Banyuwangi. There, bakwan is known as hongkong. What nonsense, huh!

In Makassar, South Sulawesi bakwan has the nickname bikang only. Bikang is only eaten by dipping it with peanut sauce.

Despite the different names and names, this fried one is still very popular. If it's your area, what is it called?