The Reason For Nastar Identik To Become A Lebaran Cake In Indonesia
The Reason For Nastar Identik To Become A Lebaran Cake (Vecstock Image - Freepik)

YOGYAKARTA - Eid al-Fitr is just counting the days, but of course it's incomplete if you haven't bought nastar cakes. If you think about what kind of reason nastar is identical to being a Lebaran cake? Let's discuss it here!

Nastar and kaastengel pastries are one of the identical menus as well as chicken opor and ketupat, how come? Because many other dry cakes also taste good!

Investigate a calibaration, nastar pastries have been known since the Dutch colonial era! This is one of the recipes for cakes from the land of mills that are so close to the people of Indonesia.

His name comes from the Dutch ananas andiri, the combination of the 2 words became nastar. Nastar cakes are generally round with additional cloves or stones on them.

Actually, nastar recipes are inspired by European typical pies which generally containSOpes, blues, or apples. But these fruits are difficult to find in Indonesia, the conclusion is that they are exchanged for pineapple fruit which has a similar sweet acid taste.

Its shape is also modified into a small round in one-time dimension so that nastar becomes a practical civil. In the past, nastar was only made during big days celebrations and was only served to aristocrats and rich people.

Over time, the recipe spreads more widely until nastar has also become a populist, but remains synonymous with big day celebrations.

In fact, nastar is not only synonymous with Eid, this pastries is also familiar as dishes during Christmas and New Year, especially during Chinese New Year celebrations. In Hocian, nastar is said to be ong lai or gold pieces.

The golden yellow color and sweet and soft taste of the pineapple contents symbolize sweet and abundant sustenance. Many people admit that nastar's charm is found in nostalgia and memories that exist in each bite.

This can happen because the existence of nastar has been around for a long time since the Dutch era at every moment of Eid celebration. For a long time, Follow-up to present nastar has existed and cannot be released, to present nastar during Eid is more like a tradition that is inherent in society. So, when nastar cake is not there during Eid, it is very likely that people will look for it and ask it.

The Recipe Of Nastar Is Simple, Soft In Its Contents And Anti-Retact

To make an anti-corruption nastar cake recipe with a soft outer skin, a little trick is needed in roasting it. By making your own nastar recipe at home, you can also create a lot of stuffing on nastar that will be made.

Simple Nastar Materials

How To Make Simple Nastar

In addition, you can also perfect the filling by reading: 'How to Make Pineapple Selai for Nastar Cake Filling at Home'.

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