Manca Cake

At a glance, this cake resembles a cylinder scattered with crispy rice in various colors that resemble sesame seed. It is not hard, but rubbery and has a hollow space inside, just like foam. The cake is made of white sticky rice and palm sugar called manca cake.
Unfortunately, this distinctive cake can not be found easily. But to make it easy to obtain, just ask a merchant of Balinese traditional cakes anywhere throughout the island. Why? Because Manca cake is mostly intended as ingredients of offerings. In addition, this cake is usually made commercially by the home industry. Personal households seldom makes them.
(BTN/ Punia)

Fried Steeped Tempeh

Indonesia is rich in various kinds of beans. One of the processed products of soya beans is called tempe or tempeh. This nutritious food is inexpensive. People cook it in several variants, it can be fried, steamed in banana leaf and widely available at food stalls or pushcart outlets at street sides. Here is one of the menus mentioned above, fried steeped tempeh or tempe bacem, in Bahasa Indonesia.

Ingredients:
1 tbsp palm sugar
1 seed tamarind paste
½ tsp salt
250 ml water
A slab of tempeh
200 ml cooking oil

Method:
1. Cut the tempeh into smaller cubes (3X4 cm).
2. Boil the tempeh along with the spice (salt, sugar and tamarind paste) until its water dries out.
3. Take out and fry until its color turns brownish.
4. Afterwards, take out, and it’s ready to serve.
(BTN/punia)