These Are 5 Indonesian Snacks To Accompany Work From Home

Illustration of chips (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Indonesians must be proud of the culinary riches of this country. Because each region has its own unique cuisine.

One of them is a snack or commonly referred to as a snack. Although nowadays snacks are mushrooming with innovations or even foreign snacks entering Indonesia, Indonesian snacks are still victorious and the demand for them is always growing because of their authentic taste and quite affordable prices.

In fact, more and more are pursuing the snack business because the production and marketing can be done only from home.

Launching Antara, Friday, July 9, here are five authentic Indonesian snacks that are timeless that are suitable to accompany activities at home such as work from home (WFH) during the restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic:

1. Chips

This one snack, the most widely known by the public. Starting from potato chips, cassava chips, banana chips, sweet potato chips, and so on. Of course, many sell with various brands, even in bulk.

Actually, if you want to make your own is not too difficult. You only need to thinly slice the ingredients that will be made into chips, then fry in oil. To add a savory taste, just mix the ingredients with salt, onion, garlic, or pepper.

Many also make it spicy or sweet, depending on taste. These chip snacks are also timeless because until now, there are still many fans of these various types of chips.

2. Cireng

Originating from West Java, this is one of the favorite snacks in Indonesia, which is easy to find. Usually sold in several places to eat, or in supermarkets in a state not fried (frozen). Cireng is made from a mixture of starch, wheat flour, water, ground pepper, salt, garlic, soybeans, and scallions which are then mixed into a flat circular dough and fried in oil.

Cireng is also equipped with additional spices, namely rujak spice which tastes sweet and spicy. The best time to enjoy cireng is when hot after frying.

3. Rengginang

Rengginang comes from Banten. Initially, the ancients wanted to make sticky rice tape but their yeast ingredients were empty and finally, the steamed glutinous rice was formed into small rounds, dried in the sun, and fried (known as Rengginang).

It turns out, in fact, many people like the rengginang, and this snack still exists for sale in several places. Currently, Rengginang has innovated with various flavors such as balado, chocolate, green tea, strawberry, to chicken satay.

4. Banana sale

This banana-processed snack is usually sold in some snack shops, or some areas as a souvenir. The taste is savory and sweet managed to captivate the tongue and hearts of the people. Pisang sale is a processed food made from thinly sliced bananas and then dried in the sun.

The word sale is known for its distinctive taste and aroma. Pisang sale is actually easy to make yourself, it only requires ingredients such as bananas, wheat flour, and rice flour. However, indeed most people prefer to buy ready-made because it is quite easy to find this one snack.

5. Cork eggs

Snack on cork eggs is no stranger to the ears of the Indonesian people. This snack is one of the legendary ones from Betawi Jakarta which is very popular with many people, so it is often called an authentic Indonesian snack.

The taste of this snack is salty, crunchy, and savory, but now many cork egg snacks innovate with various flavors such as cheese, and palm sugar which is suitable for sweet taste lovers.