Banana-filled Cassava Cake

Rice is staple food of Indonesia. However, in some occasions, the government also intensively promotes the use of non-rice material as a food diversification and enhances the people’s appreciation towards it. This campaign is intended to discover the potency of food resources on this vast archipelago. By nature, there are many kinds of tuber such as yam, yam bean, taro and cassava. In combination with some other ingredients, they will yield mouth-watering food.
One of them is the banana-filled cassava cake. Its main ingredients are cassava and banana. Cassava is grated and then made into batter. To make it look attractive, just add colouring colouring substance like red or green. Put the batter onto banana leaf, added with banana, rolled out and concurrently wrapped with banana leaf. Last step is steaming for some twenty minutes.
This cake is better served with sauce made of grated (young) coconut and sauce of palm sugar. Sprinkle the grated coconut onto the cake and then add some sugar sauce. (BTN/029)

Culinary Delight at "Pasar Senggol"

An old proverb says ‘After dinner rest awhile, after supper walk a mile’. If you happen to have none of them yet, you’d better take a walk less than a mile where you still can smile. Then, find out a place where to have dinner. Have you ever savoured some Balinese food before? If you haven’t, you can try one of them at your hotel restaurant or the night market nearby. Even, it would become an intriguing walk to the night market or pasar senggol. Enjoying the night atmosphere of Bali, while having a culinary adventure will enable you to get in touch with the local people.
Pasar Senggol is a common name for a night market. It’s not known for sure where this name comes from or what it refers to. By nature, it is a temporary market that, as a general rule, opens around 17.00 up to midnight. Many rows of charts fill the location, commonly at a traditional market or other vacant land. Where to find "pasar senggol" in Bali? Most towns across Bali have this. In Denpasar and its surroundings, it can be found at Sanglah, Kreneng, Badung Market, Sanur, Kuta and elsewhere.
Local people, particularly the urbanites, like to have dinner while having fun. Food here is prepared at affordable prices and a wide selection of food and drinks are available. Or, they even just do window-shopping. At certain places, the night market is also graced with clearance sales of fashion, household products and some other cheap products.
How about the food itself? Do not worry. Quite a few of local Balinese delicacies are on offer. Some of them are crispy roasted pig, tender steamed chicken, sausage, assorted vegetables, jackfruit with chicken or pork broth. Most menus are served in set menu. Typical characteristic of this Balinese food is that is slightly spicy and does not offer optional "sambal", as it has been set in its complete basic condiment. Another package that is quitw popular lately is jingo rice, white steamed rice wrapped in banana leaf completed with a side dish, sweet & spicy sambal and grated coconut. Its price is not more than 2000 rupiahs each.
Additionally, there are also assorted fresh cakes and fruits. There is also food from other regions within this archipelago like goat satay of Madura, beef rendang of Padang or favourite Chinese food such as cap cay, fuyung hay, chicken noodle or even Indian martabak. Hopefully, through this culinary adventure you have a good opportunity to try out the Balinese food having explored its nature and culture. Bon appetite! (BTN/029)