JavaCapital: Yogyakarta
Traditional Recipes from Yogyakarta
The city of gudeg. Yogyakarta food is sweet and rich, slowly cooked over charcoal with palm sugar and served with warm spiced drinks.
Yogyakarta
Bakmi Godhog Jawa (Javanese Noodle Soup)
Bakmi Godhog Jawa
Yogyakarta noodle soup cooked over charcoal, in free-range chicken broth with garlic, candlenut, duck egg and shredded chicken.
YogyakartaGudeg (Yogyakarta Young Jackfruit Stew)
Gudeg Jogja
Young jackfruit cooked for hours with coconut milk, palm sugar and teak leaves until reddish brown, sweet and rich. Served with spicy krecek, chicken and egg.
YogyakartaWedang Uwuh (Javanese Spiced Wood Drink)
Wedang Uwuh
A red spiced drink from Imogiri coloured by sappan wood. Uwuh means 'rubbish' because it looks like scattered leaves.