Garuda Indonesia Colours Magazine May 2019 | Page 76
Lifestyle / Flavours
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1. The white thread-like
jelly featured in
Bukittinggi's es tebak.
2. Es pisang ijo served
with a delicate sauce.
condensed milk and a sauce made
of rice flour and coconut milk. Tasty
and delicious.
Native Jakartan or Betawi people have
their own traditional dessert known as
es selendang mayang. Selendang is the
Indonesian word for ‘shawl’, used to
reflect the shape of the long colourful
slices of the pudding. Mayang means
tasty and chewy. This chewy pudding is
made of rice flour and mung bean flour,
coloured red and green. It is enjoyed
with coconut milk, palm sugar and
shaved ice.
When talking about soft drinks in
Indonesia, the name of the drink
typically indicates the main ingredient.
However, this is not always the case.
Mocktails from Riau Province, on the
central eastern coast of Sumatra, are
memorably unique, including es air
mata pengantin (bride’s tears), es
laksamana mengamuk (a run-amok
admiral) and es lancang kuning
(lancang refers to the name of the
king’s ship during the time of the
ancient Riau Kingdom, which was
yellow or kuning).
Despite the gloomy name, bride’s
tears (es air mata pengantin) is quite
refreshing. It is the combination of three
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hen talking about soft drinks in Indonesia,
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the name of the drink typically indicates the
main ingredient.
coloured jellies (red, green and yellow),
basil seeds, nata de coco, cocopandan
syrup and shaved ice. Basil seeds are
good for people suffering from anaemia
or digestion problems.
Es laksamana mengamuk is said to
be inspired by an incident in which
an admiral ran amok in a kuini mango
orchard. The pungent smell of kuini
mango is so good when transformed
into a drink. The square cuts of kuini
mango are served with coconut flesh,
basil seeds, coconut milk cooked with
pandanus leaves and sugar, topped
with shaved ice.
Es lancang kuning is also mango-based
and quite simple to make. The mango
is cut into squares and nata de coco
is added with mango juice.
It is easy to prepare these soft drinks
and desserts for your loved ones at
home. For those celebrating the
blessed month of Ramadan, I’d like
to say, “Enjoy your delicious iftar!”