SulawesiCapital: Mamuju
Traditional Recipes from West Sulawesi
Mandar cooking relies on sea fish and cassava: jepa, bau peapi and the golla kambu sweet.
West Sulawesi
Bau Peapi (Mandar Sour Yellow Fish)
Bau Peapi
A Mandar yellow fish dish soured with young mango or tamarind. The perfect partner for jepa.
West SulawesiGolla Kambu (Mandar Coconut Palm Sugar Sweet)
Golla Kambu
A traditional Mandar sweet of grated coconut and palm sugar cooked until thick and wrapped in banana leaves. Rich, sweet and long-lasting.
West SulawesiJepa (Mandar Cassava Flatbread)
Jepa
A Mandar flatbread of grated cassava and coconut cooked on a clay griddle. Eaten with grilled fish or bau peapi.