Warms The Body, These 8 Foods Are Suitable To Eat When It Rains

Illustration of two bowls of soup (Unsplash / Brittani Carter)

JAKARTA - When it rains, the air temperature tends to be low. This is the most appropriate time to eat warm food. If it rains a lot, what do you usually eat? Yes, food in soup is the most appropriate dish to warm the body.

Interested in enjoying the right food when it rains? Here's the list.

Rawon

Rawon is known from East Java. This black food contains sliced beef, sprouts, and fried shallots. Best complemented with a salted egg and a plate of warm rice. For processing, rawon uses kluwek. This cooking ingredient makes it dark.

Bakmoy

This food is classified as Chinese food which contains tofu, cut into small squares and chicken or can be replaced with pork. Originally, bakmoy was called Ban Mui, which was made from a mixture of chicken and pork. But for those who don't eat pork, you can taste halal bakmoy.

Oxtail soup

The cow's tailbone can be processed into a bowl of warm and nutritious soup, oxtail soup. In one serving of oxtail soup contains beef, beef bones, carrots and potatoes. To enjoy oxtail soup, you can add a little lime so that the freshness can increase immunity.

Illustration of oxtail soup and satay (Unsplash / Haryo Setyadi)

Goat curry

In the archipelago, there are various variants of goat curry. In general, goat curry uses thick coconut milk plus ghee to make it more savory. No need to worry about the smell of goat prengus. Because goat curry is processed with various types of spices so that the aroma glows deliciously.

Mi gomak

Gomak noodles come from Tanah Toba which are formulated with special spices such as andaliman, galangal, and chilies. These three ingredients are complemented by garlic and other seasonings. In serving, stick noodles are boiled separately. Once cooked, it is poured over with the Andaliman sauce which is spicy, sour, and a little bit bitter.

Tongseng

This dish, which is popular in Central Java and Yogyakarta, is cooked from mutton meat and bones. It's savory, faintly spicy, and sweet. Interestingly, enjoying tongseng is full of fun exploring the bones to sort the meat.

Meatballs

Who doesn't know this one food? At every end of the alley, there must be a meatball vendor pushing a cart. Meatballs are also the result of the assimilation of Chinese culture in Nusatara.

A bowl of meatballs is usually complemented with yellow noodles and white noodles or rice vermicelli. If you like both types of noodles for their meatball composition, that means you are familiar with the term 'complete meatball'.

Soto Betawi

In the archipelago there are hundreds of types of soto, ranging from Soto Betawi, Soto Lamongan, Soto Suci to Soto Padang. Well, this one, Soto Betawi is unique. Because on top of the soup the chips are sprinkled with chips. Don't forget to add a slice of lime to keep the savory coconut milk flavor fresh.