8 Delicious Dishes You Should Try in Bali

[Simon Hopes]

The culture of each civilization is represented not only in the monuments, but also the way the people eat, showing their habits, their way of living and their own personal taste that makes them different and unique from all the others. Bali is a multicolored island, which is influenced by the huge amount of people of different countries and religions that relocated there. This influence is also visible on the way they eat too. Let’s discover some of the most famous Balinese dishes.


Betutu

Betutu is a high-quality meal that is hard to be found anywhere else in the world. A chicken, stuffed with a mix of traditional spices and garlic, ginger and chili and then it is slowly cooked for six hours. It's said that the royal family used to eat Betutu every Sunday.

Urab

Urab is one of the most famous dishes of Bali, even though it is not consisted of meat. It is actually a fresh salad, with raw and roasted vegetables, such as beans, white and black cabbage, spinach any it is poured with coconut sauce. It is served as a main dish or along with your meal. It is a tasty choice for everyone who is vegetarian but he also wants to have a taste of Indonesian cuisine. It is also a great source of energy. 

Satay

Satay, are basically roasted slices of chicken or pork stabbed on sticks. It’s one of the most well-known dishes that every traveler wants to taste when he visits Indonesia. In Bale in specific, there is an alternative creation of this dish, so the meat is marinated with coconut milk. Its taste is so strange and so adorable too.

Lawar

Lawar is local dish made by a meat mix, which may consist of pork, duck, turtle or chicken, along with vegetables and poured with coconut milk.  It is a great choice for those who want to taste things out of the order.

Babi Guling

One of the main dishes you must taste in Bali, it's pig which is roasted as a whole and not in parts. It is covered with a mix of local spices and it used to be served as a treat before special occasions and ceremonies. Nowadays you can also find it in an original Indonesian restaurant.

Bubur Mengguh

Bubur Mengguh is a very important dish in the Balinese cuisine. It is actually a kind of cereal which is usually served as a treat at a Bali wedding or other ceremonies. This treat goes along with chicken bites and poured with coconut sauce. It is considered as a formal dish but you can also eat it for breakfast.

Nasi Jinggo

Nasi Jinggo is a tiny treat with a great taste. It consists of rice, spices and it is wrapped in a banana leaf. The visitor can find it as a street food option or along with the main dish, probably chicken or fried eggs. Do not leave the island before you taste Nasi Jinggo!

Nasi Tepeng

Nasi tepeng is one more local dish of the Balinese cuisine. It is something between rice and cereal and it is served with chicken, eggs as breakfast. Nasi tepeng is the local dish of Gianyar so if you find yourself there, you should really taste it.

Whatever you are going to choose, you should be open mind and ready to taste some flavors that are out of the usual ones. After all, the food is one of the things that define the culture of a region. Do not hesitate to dive into Bali’s culture.