Too hot to eat???
by balisunshine
Tingling ginger sautes, rich and creamy peanut sauces,spicy chili toppings that will fire the palate,are of these ingredients are used for many of the dishes here.In the Indonesian standards,the food that we eatin the Western worldis flat and tasteless.When in doubt as to weatherthe dish is spicy hot or not,ask, 'Pedas atau tidak'If the dish is too hot,eat some of the boiled rice,cucumber, a banana or some bread.To make the dish less fiery hot,squeeze a little lemon with some salt over it.Some other ingredients used in Balinese food are:a gritty sea salt (uyah),black (mica selem) and white (mica putih) pepper,candlenuts (tingkih), ginger (jahe), coriander seeds (ketumbah),tiny mild, pear shaped onions (bawang barak),sour tamarind (celagi), and garlic(kesuna).Others such as aromatic roots and leaves,MSG (monosodium glutamate, or pitsin in Balinese),citrus juice (lemo) are added for extra...