Indonesian recipes
Discover the exciting flavours and textures of Indonesian food. Our best Indonesian recipes include classics like rice dish nasi goreng and aromatic rendang curries.
Chef Petty Elliot also shares her take on modern Indonesian food, with dishes including a mango and chicken salad with spicy rujak dressing and Indonesian pork cakes with a zingy lemongrass sambal.
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Chocolate mousse
Avocado mousse and chocolate ganache
Silky avocado mousse, rich chocolate ganache and crunchy cashews: this make-ahead dessert by Indonesian chef Petty Elliot is a delight.
Chicken salads
Mango and chicken salad with spicy rujak dressing
This vibrant mango and chicken salad by chef Petty Elliott has a spicy Indonesian rujak-style dressing. Ideal for using up leftover chicken.
Pork recipes from around the world
Indonesian minced pork cakes with chilli and lemongrass sambal
Petty Elliott's moreish Indonesian minced pork cakes are accompanied by a fragrant chilli and lemongrass sambal and are great to share.
Spicy recipes
Sambal
Sambal is a fragrant chilli paste used as a condiment primarily in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore – and has countless variations. Try making your own!
Fakeaways
Jeremy Pang’s nasi goreng
Expert chef Jeremy Pang shares his recipe for nasi goreng, the versatile Indonesian fried rice. dish. Try it with his punchy homemade sambal.
Healthy fish
Mussels with sambal butter and fresh herbs
Chantelle Nicholson's Indonesian-style mussels are served in a fragrant sambal butter broth and scattered with fresh herbs. Delicious.
Stir-fries
Stir-fried rice noodles with quick sambal and omelette
These vegetable rice noodles paired with omelette and dressed with a spicy sambal sauce make a tasty, filling veggie supper that is ready in 15 minutes.
Stir-fries
Nasi goreng
Nasi Goreng is an iconic Indonesian fried rice dish packed with veggies, meat and often topped with a fried egg.
Lower-calorie mains
Healthy nasi goreng
Donal Skehan's healthy recipe for the classic Indonesian dish nasi goreng is made with cauliflower rice for a big dose of vitamin C.
Noodles
Mee goreng
Mee goreng is a spicy, dry, stir-fried South-East Asian noodle dish. This recipe comes from the vegetarian restaurant Mildreds, in London.
Cheat's recipes
Chicken satay with Indonesian-style salad
Just five ingredients go into this cheat's recipe for a chicken satay making this a super-easy and speedy midweek meal for 4.
Indonesian recipes
Spicy chicken nasi goreng
Chicken nasi goreng is a real treat! Try something different with this quick, spicy Indonesian dish. You'll love it.
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