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5 Typical Foods of Indramayu

Rabu, 04 November 2020 - 05:22 | 56.94k
Emping Tike,  locl crispy crackers made of lawn weed seeds. (Photo: Muhamad Jupri/TIMES Indonesia)
Emping Tike, locl crispy crackers made of lawn weed seeds. (Photo: Muhamad Jupri/TIMES Indonesia)
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TIMESINDONESIA, INDRAMAYU – If you travel to another area, you will have a shock culture towards everything, their tradition, their exotic food and else. Indramayu, West Java will surprise you wiith several foods that you would never guess if that was edible.

Without any further do, let’s check out some food from Indramayu that you would never found somewhere elses.

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1. Gedong Gincu Mango

Indramayu has the same root with Majalengko. Both are nestled in West Java. So, you will also find this sweet variety of mango in this place. You could easily spot this mango in almost every corner of the city.

2. Mango Seed Coffee

It has been weird from the first place. But yes, they made the coffee from mango seed. As any other way to make your coffee, the mango seed will be roasted and grinded. It has a sour taste and nice smell of mango.

3. Sweetmeats with Mango Flavor

As mango is the main commodity in Indramayu and you will find it in enormous amount, the local community tries to turn it into more valuable products, sweetmeats. The local community has their own recipe to make this product which resulting in a slightly exotic taste of sweetmeats.

4. Mango Crackers

A mango cracker is another way to turn this magnificent amount of mango during harvesting season. This cracker has an exotic taste of mango in it. Lots of people will take this crackers as present to their beloved one at home after visiting this city.

5. Tike Crackers

Tike crackers or well known by the local community as emping tike was made of lawn weed seeds. Another exotic foods of Indramayu that you should try. The local community will gather the seed and crush it till they have the texture and size they want, dry it, and then deep fry it. (*) 

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Editor : Khodijah Siti
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